Aziz Behich

Aziz Eraltay Behich (Turkish: Aziz Eraltay, /ˈazɪz ˈbeɪ.ɪtʃ/ AZ-iz BAY-itch; born 16 December 1990) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a left back and left winger for Turkish club Istanbul Basaksehir.

Club Career

Youth career

Behich played in the junior divisions of Green Gully SC. He participated in the junior leagues of Melbourne's North-West. He had played for the club's Reserve team in 2007. In February 2007 Behich had returned to Australia after having been training at the David Beckham Academy. In 2008 Behich was signed to the club's first team, surprisingly because the coach; Ian Dobson, had preferred experienced players within his squad, where he made his debut on 22 February 2008 in a 2–0 loss against Richmond. He had been substituted onto the field in the 57th minute. He had been promoted to the club's first team with teammate Diogo Ferreira, who also went on to sign for Melbourne during Behich's second youth season. In 2008, Behich scored 2 goals in 11 appearances while playing for Green Gully in Australia's Second Division. He had scored his two goals in a 6–1 win against Fawkner Blues on 17 May 2008, he had been substituted onto the field in the 76th minute and scored in both the 84th and 86th minutes.

Prior to the start of the 2008–2009 A-League's National Youth League, Behich was selected for Melbourne Victory's squad. On 3 January 2009, Aziz scored in a 3–0 win against Queensland Roar. One week later, he scored again in a 2–0 win against Perth Glory on 10 January 2009. Victory went on to finish in 6th position out of 7 teams.

During the National Youth League's off-season, Behich would return to play for Green Gully in the 2009 season. Aziz had appeared 22 times for Green Gully, once in the final's play-offs, and had scored 2 goals overall. His second goal came in a play-off match against Altona Magic where which Behich was substituted onto the field in the 80th minute when Green Gully were trailing 3–2. Behich had scored an equ

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