Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu

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Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu (2 January 1986 – 5 September 2012) was a Turkish football player who last played for Eskişehirspor in the Turkish Süper Lig.

International career

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

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.

Death

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

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