Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu

Turkish footballer
Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
Personal information
Full name Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
Date of birth (1986-01-02)2 January 1986
Place of birth Bursa, Turkey
Date of death 5 September 2012(2012-09-05) (aged 26)
Place of death Eskişehir, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2000–2004 Bursaspor
2004–2005 Ankaraspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2010 Ankaraspor 60 (2)
2005–2006Keçiörengücü (loan) 26 (3)
2009–2010Ankaragücü (loan) 14 (0)
2010–2011 Ankaragücü 11 (0)
2010–2011 → Bucaspor (loan) 16 (1)
2011–2012 Eskişehirspor 14 (0)
Total 141 (6)
International career
2006–2007 Turkey U21 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 September 2011

Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu (Bosnian: Edis Bahtijarević; 2 January 1986 – 5 September 2012) was a Turkish football player who last played for Eskişehirspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.[1]

International career

Bahtiyaroğlu has been capped 11 times for the Turkish national under-21 team.[2] He announced he would play for Bosnia and Herzegovina after meeting with then national team coach Safet Sušić.[3]

Personal life

He had Bosnian citizenship from his Bosniak father İsmail Bahtiyaroğlu (born Ismail Bahtijarević) who was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina and came to Turkey when he was 13.[4][5]

Death

On 5 September 2012, Bahtiyaroğlu died in Eskişehir from a heart attack.[6] He was aged 26.

References

  1. ^ "EDİZ BAHTİYAROĞLU". TFF. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  2. ^ Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu biography
  3. ^ Edis will play for Bosnia
  4. ^ Ismail Bahtiyaroğlu tells about Ediz
  5. ^ From his father's pen: Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
  6. ^ "365 Gün Haber!". haber365. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

External links

  • Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu – UEFA competition record (archive)
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