Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu Explained

Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
Fullname:Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
Birth Date:2 January 1986
Birth Place:Bursa, Turkey
Death Place:Eskişehir, Turkey
Position:Centre back
Youthyears1:2000–2004
Youthyears2:2004–2005
Youthclubs2:Ankaraspor
Years1:2005–2010
Years2:2005–2006
Years3:2009–2010
Years4:2010–2011
Years5:2010–2011
Years6:2011–2012
Clubs2:Keçiörengücü (loan)
Clubs3:Ankaragücü (loan)
Clubs5:Bucaspor (loan)
Clubs6:Eskişehirspor
Caps1:60
Caps2:26
Caps3:14
Caps4:11
Caps5:16
Caps6:14
Goals1:2
Goals2:3
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:1
Goals6:0
Totalcaps:141
Totalgoals:6
Nationalyears1:2006–2007
Nationalteam1:Turkey U21
Nationalcaps1:11
Nationalgoals1:1
Club-Update: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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: EDİZ BAHTİYAROĞLU. TFF. 24 August 2012.
  2. https://www.haberler.com/ediz-bahtiyaroglu/biyografisi/ Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu biography
  3. https://www.goal.com/tr/news/232/s%C3%BCper-lig/2010/02/18/1795846/ediz-bahtiyaro%C4%9Flu-bosnay%C4%B1-se%C3%A7ti Edis will play for Bosnia
  4. https://www.sabah.com.tr/pazar/2012/09/23/edizin-yedek-esofmani-bile-yoktu Ismail Bahtiyaroğlu tells about Ediz
  5. https://skor.sozcu.com.tr/2013/01/11/babasinin-kaleminden-ediz-62601/ From his father's pen: Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu
  6. Web site: 365 Gün Haber! . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024506/http://www.haber365.com/Haber/Eskisehirsporlu_Ediz_Bahtiyaroglu_Vefat_Etti/ . dead . 24 September 2015 . haber365 . 5 September 2012 .