Aziz Behich

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 two 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 seven teams. During the National Youth League's off-season, Behich would return to play for Green Gully in the 2009 season. Aziz had appeared…

Club

As of 6 June 2026

International

As of match played 3 July 2026

Scores and results list Australia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Behich goal.

Behich was called up to the Australia Under-23 side by coach Aurelio Vidmar for a friendly match against Japan's Under-23 side at the Tohoku Denryoku Bigswan Stadium, Niigata on Wednesday 1 June 2011. Behich was selected to play against Yemen's under-23 side for the Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Preliminary Round 2. On 14 June 2011, in preparation for the 2012 AFC Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament, Behich featured in a 6–0 win against Singapore under-23 where he scored Australia's sixth goal in the 90th minute. On 19 June 2011 Behich played in Australia's first-leg 3–0 win against Yemen. Four days later he played in the second leg which resulted in a 4–0 win to Australia on 23 June. Behich was called up to the Australian national team by Holger Osieck for a friendly match against South Korea on 14 November 2012, where he made his debut. Behich scored his first international goals on 9 December 2012 against Chinese Taipei at the Hong Kong Stadium during the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup. He was included in Ange Postecoglou's 2015 AFC Asian Cup-winning squad where he played 2 matches as Australia won the tournament on home soil. In May 2018 he was named in Australia's 23-man squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia after being involved in the previous summer's Confederations Cup. Behich was also called up to the Australia squad by manager Graham Arnold for the 2022 FIFA World Cup where he started all 4 matches during Australia's campaign to the Round of 16.…

Behich is a Muslim of Turkish Cypriot origin, son of immigrants to Australia from Cyprus. For this reason he was eligible to represent Turkey, Cyprus or Australia, eventually choosing the latter.