Aras Özbiliz
Özbiliz with Armenia in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 9 March 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Bakırköy, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Beşiktaş | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1998 | Hollandia | ||
| 1998–2010 | Ajax | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Ajax | 26 | (2) |
| 2012–2013 | Kuban Krasnodar | 24 | (11) |
| 2013–2016 | Spartak Moscow | 35 | (3) |
| 2016– | Beşiktaş | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Rayo Vallecano (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2012– | Armenia | 22 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:01, 11 October 2015 (UTC) |
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Aras Özbiliz (Armenian: Արազ Օզբիլիս, born 9 March 1990) is an Armenian footballer who plays as a right winger for Turkish club Beşiktaş and the Armenian national team.
Aras was born on 9 March 1990 in the Bakırköy district of Istanbul, Turkey to Armenian parents. He was named after the Aras River, a body of water in Armenia. His ancestors adopted the surname "Özbiliz", literally meaning "one, who preserves his identity." In the early 1990s, his family emigrated from Turkey to the Netherlands. Five years later, he started playing football for the youth team of HVV Hollandia. When he was eight years old, Aras joined the youth team of Ajax. While playing for the youth team, Ozbiliz received two serious injuries, first tearing a cruciate knee ligament, after which he needed an operation, and then a shoulder injury.
Aras Ozbiliz is a product of the Ajax youth academy. Prior to moving to Ajax as a youth, he played for HVV Hollandia in his home town of Hoorn where he grew up. At the age of 8, he participated in tryouts for the Amsterdam side, and was chosen to play for Ajax, having represented Ajax on every stage of the youth academy, before making his debut for the A selection in 2010 under then coach Martin Jol. On 24 July 2007, in a friendly match against Argentinean club Independiente, Aras managed to score three goals within 7 minutes, which turned out to be a personal record.
In February 2009, the "Ajax" Ozbilizom concluded with a contract for two and a half years. In the same year, on 9 June 2009, the attacking midfielder was named Talent van de Toekomst, which is an award signifying the most talented young player in the team to emerge from De Toekomst (Ajax training ground). The excellent performance of Aras in the junior team had him included in the first team for the upcoming 2010-11season.
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