Meadow Heights

Distinguished and Famous people from Meadow Heights

⚽ Aziz Behich

Aziz Behich grew up in Meadow Heights in a Turkish Cypriot family, with football connecting his Melbourne neighbourhood to a much wider sporting world. His junior pathway included Meadow Park and Green Gully before professional football took him overseas and into the Australian national side. In a firsthand interview he described the neighbourhood’s strong Turkish connection, a background that made matches involving Turkey especially personal. His career has included clubs in Turkey as well as other countries. For Meadow Heights, the story is one of upbringing and junior football, with family loyalties adding a lively complication to international competition.