Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu

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]

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)
2005–2006	→ Keçiörengücü (loan)	26	(3)
2009–2010	→ Ankaragücü (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

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. . haber365. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

External links

• Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu – UEFA competition record ()