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Burak Yılmaz
Burak Yılmaz 2
Personal information
Full name: Burak Yılmaz
Date of birth: 15 July 1985 (1985-07-15) (age 39)
Place of birth:    Antalya, Flag of Turkey Turkey
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position: Striker
Club information
Current club Flag of Turkey Kasımpaşa
Youth clubs
1994–2002 Flag of Turkey Antalyaspor
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
Flag of Turkey Antalyaspor
Flag of Turkey Beşiktaş
Flag of Turkey Manisaspor
Flag of Turkey Fenerbahçe
Flag of TurkeyEskişehirspor (loan)
Flag of Turkey Trabzonspor
Flag of Turkey Galatasaray
Flag of China Beijing Gouan
Flag of Turkey Trabzonspor
Flag of Turkey Beşiktaş
Flag of France Lille
Flag of Netherlands Fortuna Sittard
070 0(17)
039 00(6)
016 00(9)
0000(0)
014 00(1)
075 0(55)
105 0(65)
028 0(19)
032 0(28)
040 0(24)
059 0(20)
026 00(9)
507 (253)   
National team
2001
2002–2003
2002–2004
2004–2005
2006
2006
2006–2022
Flag of Turkey Turkey U17
Flag of Turkey Turkey U18
Flag of Turkey Turkey U19
Flag of Turkey Turkey U20
Flag of Turkey Turkey U21
Flag of Turkey Turkey A2
Flag of Turkey Turkey
0000(1)
010 00(0)
017 00(0)
011 00(2)
0000(0)
0000(1)
077 0(31)
Teams managed
2023
2024
2025–
Flag of Turkey Beşiktaş (assistant manager)
Flag of Turkey Kayserispor
Flag of Turkey Kasımpaşa


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
Trabzonspor
Galatasaray
Lille

Individual[]

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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:  Flag of Turkey Fatih Terim

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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:  Flag of Turkey Şenol Güneş

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