General |
Burak Yılmaz | ||
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Personal information | ||
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Full name: | Burak Yılmaz | |
Date of birth: | 15 July 1985 | |
Place of birth: | Antalya, ![]() | |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
Playing position: | Striker | |
Club information | ||
Current club | ![]() | |
Youth clubs | ||
1994–2002 | ![]() | |
Senior clubs | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls) |
2002–2006 2006–2008 2008 2008–2010 2009–2010 2010–2012 2012–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2020 2020–2022 2022–2023 Total |
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39 (6) 16 (9) 6 (0) 14 (1) 75 (55) 105 (65) 28 (19) 32 (28) 40 (24) 59 (20) 26 (9) 507 (253) | 70 (17)
National team | ||
2001 2002–2003 2002–2004 2004–2005 2006 2006 2006–2022 |
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10 (0) 17 (0) 11 (2) 7 (0) 1 (1) 77 (31) | 8 (1)
Teams managed | ||
2023 2024 2025– |
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Burak Yılmaz (born 15 July 1985) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is currently the assistant manager of Beşiktaş.
Yılmaz is one of 9 players who played football of Big Three clubs of Turkey and one of only 2 players who played Big Three and Trabzonspor (also referred as "Big Four"), along with Sergen Yalçın. Yılmaz is two times Süper Lig top scorer in 2011–12 with 33 and 2012–13 seasons with 24 goals.
Born in Antalya, Turkey, son of former Antalyaspor goalkeeper Fikret Yılmaz, Burak Yılmaz started to play football at Antalyaspor where he signed his first professional contract in July 2002 and made his professional debut in 2002–03 season of TFF First League. Following 4 four seasons at Antalyaspor, Yılmaz joined Beşiktaş J.K. in 2006–07 season, where he played one and a half season and was primarily depolyed as a winger. Yılmaz had a short spell in Manisaspor before he joined Fenerbahçe S.K. in 2008–09 Süper Lig season. Loaned out Eskişehirspor in 2009–10 season, Yılmaz was transferred to Trabzonspor in winter transfer window of 2009–10 season where he made his major career breakthrough under management of Şenol Güneş and became Süper Lig top scorer with 33 goals in 2011–12 season.
Following 3 seasons spent in Trabzonspor where he won one Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup, Yılmaz joined Galatasaray S.K., where he stayed for four seasons, winning his two Süper Lig titles in 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, as well as being Süper Lig top scorer for second time in his career in 2012–13 season. In 2016, Yılmaz joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan for two seasons where he scored 28 goals in total. Yılmaz then returned Trabzonspor for his second spell which lasted two seasons. In 2018–19 season Yılmaz returned Beşiktaş for another second spell. He scored 11 and 13 goals respectively in two seasons in Beşiktaş. He joined French Ligue 1 club Lille in 2020, and then helping the side win its first league title for ten years. He played for Eredivisie side Fortuna Sittard on his last season as professional footballer, before announcing his retirement in 2023.
Represented Turkey in different youth age groups between 2001 and 2006, Burak Yılmaz made his senior debut in a friendly game aganst Azerbaijan in 2006. Holding 56 caps as of 2020, scoring 24 goals, Yılmaz ranks second place of all time top scorers of Turkey after Hakan Şükür.
Honours[]
Clubs[]
- Beşiktaş
- Süper Kupa (1): 2006
- Türkiye Kupası (1): 2006–07
- Trabzonspor
- Türkiye Kupası (1): 2009–10
- Süper Kupa (1): 2010
- Galatasaray
- Süper Lig (2): 2012–13, 2014–15
- Türkiye Kupası (2): 2013–14, 2014–15
- Süper Kupa (2): 2013, 2015
- Lille
Individual[]
- Süper Lig Top Goalscorer (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
- Super Lig: Forward of the Year (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
- 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group Stage top scorer (6 goals)
- 2012–13 UEFA Champions League Group Stage Most Valuable Player
- UNFP Player of the Month: April 2021
- Ligue 1 Goal of the Year: 2020–21
- Lille Player of the Season: 2020–21
External links[]
- Burak Yılmaz at Wikipedia
Burak Yılmaz at Soccerway
- Burak Yılmaz profile at Transfermarkt
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Turkish competitions · Turkish Coaches · Turkish players · Turkish Stadiums |
Turkey – UEFA Euro 2016 – Group stage |
1. Volkan Babacan
2. Semih
3. Hakan Balta
4. Ahmet
5. Nuri
6. Hakan Çalhanoğlu
7. Gökhan
8. Selçuk
9. Cenk
10. Arda (c)
11. Olcay
12. Onur
13. İsmail
14. Oğuzhan
15. Mehmet
16. Ozan
17. Burak
18. Caner
19. Yunus
20. Volkan Şen
21. Emre
22. Şener
23. Harun
Manager: |
Turkey – UEFA Euro 2020 – Group stage |
1. Günok
2. Çelik
3. Demiral
4. Söyüncü
5. Yokuşlu
6. Tufan
7. Ünder
8. Toköz
9. Karaman
10. Çalhanoğlu
11. Yazıcı
12. Bayındır
13. Meraş
14. Antalyalı
15. Kabak
16. Ünal
17. B. Yılmaz (c)
18. R. Yılmaz
19. Kökçü
20. Ömür
21. Kahveci
22. Ayhan
23. Çakır
24. Aktürkoğlu
25. Müldür
26. Dervişoğlu
Manager: |