Burak Yılmaz

Burak Yılmaz
Yılmaz in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-07-15) 15 July 1985 (age 39)[1]
Place of birth Antalya, Turkey
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1994–2002 Antalyaspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Antalyaspor 70 (17)
2006–2008 Beşiktaş 39 (6)
2008 Manisaspor 16 (9)
2008–2010 Fenerbahçe 6 (0)
2009–2010Eskişehirspor (loan) 14 (1)
2010–2012 Trabzonspor 72 (55)
2012–2016 Galatasaray 105 (65)
2016–2017 Beijing Guoan 28 (19)
2017–2018 Trabzonspor 32 (28)
2018–2020 Beşiktaş 40 (24)
2020–2022 Lille 59 (20)
2022–2023 Fortuna Sittard 26 (9)
Total 507 (253)
International career
2001 Turkey U17 8 (1)
2002–2003 Turkey U18 10 (0)
2002–2004 Turkey U19 17 (0)
2004–2005 Turkey U20 11 (2)
2006 Turkey U21 7 (0)
2006 Turkey B 1 (1)
2006–2022 Turkey 77 (31)
Managerial career
2023 Beşiktaş (interim)
2024 Kayserispor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:14, 1 July 2023 (UTC)

Burak Yılmaz (born 15 July 1985) is a Turkish professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. He most recently coached Süper Lig club Kayserispor.

Yılmaz is one of nine players to play for each of the Big Three clubs of Istanbul,[3] and one of only two players who have played for these three clubs as well as Trabzonspor along with Sergen Yalçın.[4][5]

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 the 2002–03 season of the TFF First League.[6] Following four seasons at Antalyaspor, Yılmaz joined Beşiktaş prior to the 2006–07 season, where he played one and a half seasons and was primarily deployed as a winger. Yılmaz had a short spell in Manisaspor before he joined Fenerbahçe for the 2008–09 Süper Lig season. Loaned out to Eskişehirspor for the following season, Yılmaz was transferred to Trabzonspor in the winter transfer window of 2009–10 season, where he made his major career breakthrough under the management of Şenol Güneş,[7] becoming Süper Lig top scorer with 33 goals in the 2011–12 season.[8][9]

Following three seasons spent in Trabzonspor, where he won a Turkish Cup and Turkish Super Cup, Yılmaz joined Galatasaray, staying for four seasons and winning two Süper Lig titles in 2012–13 and 2014–15, as well as being Süper Lig top scorer for the second time in his career in the 2012–13 season.[8][9] In 2016, Yılmaz joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan for two seasons, where he scored 28 goals in total. Yılmaz then returned to Trabzonspor for a second spell which lasted two seasons. For the 2018–19 season, Yılmaz returned to Beşiktaş for another spell, scoring eleven and thirteen goals respectively in his two seasons back, before joining French Ligue 1 club Lille in 2020, helping the side win its first league title for ten years.

Representing Turkey in different youth age groups between 2001 and 2006, Yılmaz made his senior debut in a friendly game against Azerbaijan in 2006.[10] With 31 goals, Yılmaz is Turkey's second all-time highest goalscorer after Hakan Şükür.[11] He played his last game for the national team in 2022.

Club career

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Antalyaspor

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Yılmaz started his professional career in Antalyaspor, where he was promoted to the senior team at the age of 16.[12] He scored his first two goals at professional level in the 2004–05 season against Karşıyaka at Izmir Alsancak Stadium on 29 August 2004.[13] In the same season, Yılmaz played 29 league matches, scoring 8 goals, thus helping his team avoid relegation. He contributed to the success of the team's promotion to the Süper Lig after finishing second in Division 1 in the 2005–06 season, scoring 9 goals in 24 matches. During his stint at Antalyaspor, Yılmaz played 70 league games and scored 17 league goals in total.[14]

Beşiktaş

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Yılmaz joined Beşiktaş in the 2006–07 summer transfer window. He made his Süper Lig debut on 6 August 2006 against Manisaspor, and scored his first goal against Konyaspor in a 3–1 win for Beşiktaş. He also scored against Trabzonspor.[15] In his first season, he scored 5 goals in 30 league appearances as Beşiktaş finished the season in second place. In the same season, he made seven appearances in the Turkish Cup, scoring once. His form dropped dramatically during the 2007–08 season. In January 2008, Yılmaz joined Manisaspor as part of an exchange deal, and later to Fenerbahçe on 29 June 2008.[16]

Fenerbahçe

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On 29 June 2008, Yılmaz was transferred to Fenerbahçe and was presented at a news conference wearing the number 7 shirt.[17] On the contrary to his "promising youngster" image in Manisaspor and Beşiktaş, he had been a disappointment during his spell in Fenerbahçe, only playing six games and failing to score in the 2008–09 season.

Trabzonspor

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Yılmaz in 2012

In February 2010, Yılmaz joined Trabzonspor on a permanent deal.[18] Following the arrival of Şenol Güneş as team manager, Yılmaz made his Trabzonspor debut on 15 February 2010, playing last 15 minutes against Bursaspor on a 1–1 draw. On 26 February 2013, he scored against his previous team Antalyaspor. Yılmaz played at Turkish Cup final where Trabzonspor defeated Fenerbahçe by 3–1, on 5 May 2010. Ten days later, Trabzonspor played against Fenerbahçe again in lask week of Süper Lig fixtures in which Yılmaz scored in 23rd minute, as parties shared points after a 1–1 draw, causing Fenerbahçe to jeopardise their title chances in contention with Bursaspor. Yılmaz became leading goalscorer of Trabzonspor with 19 goals in 30 league games and July 2011 he signed a new four-year contract with the club.[19]

In 2010–11 season, Yılmaz displayed a high-level attacking attributes, scoring the winners against Beşiktaş and Galatasaray and Bursaspor, where Trabzonspor finalised the fixtures on second spot. In 2011–12 season, where a play-off stage applied after 34-weeks-regular-fixtures, Yılmaz scored 33 goals in 34 appearances at regular season, setting a new club record previously held by Fatih Tekke who scored 31 goals in the 2004–05 season.[20]

Galatasaray

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Yılmaz in 2014

In July 2012, Yılmaz joined Galatasaray from Trabzonspor for 5m transfer fee, with a four-year-contract with an additional one-season-option.[21] His contract consisted of €2.3 million seasonal wage with a €20,000 bonus per-appearance.[21]

On 2 September 2012, he scored his first goal for Galatasaray against Bursaspor, as the game finished 3–2, making it Galatasaray's historic 1000th league win.[22]

Yılmaz scored the only goal for Galatasaray as the game ended in a 1–1 home draw against Eskişehirspor. On 23 October 2012, he scored a goal from a header against CFR Cluj as the game ended in a 1–1 draw at third match-week in Group H of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage. On 28 October 2012, Yılmaz scored his 100th career goal, during a 3–0 win against Kayserispor, maintaining their position as league leaders.

On 7 November 2012, Burak netted a hat-trick in a 3–1 away win over CFR Cluj in the Champions League,[23] becoming the first Turkish player to score three goals in a Champions League game since Tuncay Şanlı. At Champions League group stage, he scored once again, this time against Manchester United in which Galatasaray won 1–0. Yılmaz finished group stage of the as top scorer with 6 goals in total 501 minutes played, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored the same number of goals in 540 minutes.[24] In the Champions League round of 16, he scored in both legs against Schalke 04, before his team was eliminated by Real Madrid in the quarter-finals.

On 23 November 2013, Burak scored his 100th Süper Lig goal against Sivasspor in a 2–1 home win.[25]

Beijing Guoan

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On 5 February 2016, Galatasaray announced the transfer of Yılmaz to Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan for 8 million transfer fee. Trabzonspor was to receive €2 million from Galatasaray, following the transaction agreement.[26]

Return to Trabzonspor

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On 2 August 2017, Yılmaz returned to Trabzonspor, for family reasons.[27] He managed to score 23 goals in 25 matches during the 2017–18 season.[28]

Return to Beşiktaş

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Yılmaz scored 25 goals in 40 official games during his second period at Beşiktaş.[29]

Lille

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Lille announced the arrival of Yılmaz on 1 August 2020.[30] The parties agreed upon a two-season-long contract.[31][32] Substituted with Jonathan David in 64th minute, Yılmaz made his Ligue 1 debut against Rennes at first week encounter of 2020–21 season, ended 1–1, held at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, on 22 August 2020.[33][34] On week 6, Yılmaz scored his first league goal against Strasbourg as Lille beat their opponents with 3–0 being the final score, on 4 October 2020.[35] On 25 April 2021, he scored a brace in a 3–2 comeback away win over fellow title challengers Lyon.[36] On 23 May 2021, he scored a penalty in a 2–1 away win over Angers, to secure the fourth Ligue 1 title for Lille in their history.[37] He became the first player to score at least 15 goals in his first Ligue 1 season with Lille since Moussa Sow hit 25 in their title-winning campaign a decade prior.[38]

Fortuna Sittard

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On 21 June 2022, Yılmaz signed a five-year contract with Eredivisie club Fortuna Sittard in the Netherlands, the first two years of the contract are in a player role, and the last three are as a coach.[39] On 6 August, the opening day of the 2022–23 season, he made his debut for Sittard in a 3–2 home defeat against Ajax, replacing Tijjani Noslin in the 66th minute and scoring his first goal for the club from a direct free-kick shortly before the final whistle.[40] He made his first start for the club on 20 August, opening the score in a 4–1 home loss to Cambuur.[41]

Retirement

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On 5 June 2023, Yılmaz held a press conference and announced his retirement from football at the age of 37.[42]

International career

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Yılmaz with Turkey in 2011

On 12 April 2006, Yılmaz made his international debut for Turkey under coach Fatih Terim in a 1–1 away draw with Azerbaijan in a friendly match. On 3 June 2011, he scored his first goal in a 1–1 away draw with Belgium during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying.[43] Later on, he was part of Turkey squad in the UEFA Euro 2016 and UEFA Euro 2020.

On 24 March 2021, he scored his first international hat-trick in a 4–2 win over the Netherlands in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[44] On 24 March 2022, he played his last match for Turkey against Portugal in the second round of same qualifications, in which he scored a goal but missed a crucial penalty to equalise, in a match which ended in a 3–1 defeat.[45] He announced his retirement from international football following the match.[46]

Managerial career

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Beşiktaş

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On 1 July 2023, Yılmaz was appointed as assistant coach of Beşiktaş following his retirement from professional football.[47]

His first match as manager was a 2–0 home win over İstanbulspor on 8 October 2023.[48]

On 10 October 2023, following the resignation of Şenol Güneş, Yılmaz was appointed as the club's interim manager.[49] A month later, following Beşiktaş' elimination from European competitions, after a 1–2 home defeat to Bodø/Glimt in the group stage of the UEFA Europa Conference League,[50] the club announced that Yılmaz had stepped down as interim manager.[51]

Kayserispor

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On 28 January 2024, Kayserispor announced the appointment of Yılmaz as the new manager[52]

Managerial statistics

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As of 30 September 2024[53]
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Beşiktaş Turkey 8 October 2023 10 November 2023 8 4 0 4 050.00
Kayserispor Turkey 28 January 2024 1 October 2024 22 3 10 9 013.64
Total 30 7 10 13 023.33

Personal life

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Yılmaz is the son of former professional footballer and manager Fikret Yılmaz.[54] Yılmaz has two daughters from his marriage to İstem Atilla, which lasted for four years between 2014 and 2018. In 2020, the couple decided to get together again and remarried.[55][56]

In an interview, he confirmed that he has been a Beşiktaş fan since childhood. He also stated that his idol is Sergen Yalçın and as a kid he grew up watching him to play football since childhood.[57]

In 2020, Yılmaz became an official member of congress in Beşiktaş. President Ahmet Nur Çebi gave the membership card to the player.[58]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 9 April 2023[59]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Antalyaspor 2002–03 TFF First League 4 0 0 0 4 0
2003–04 TFF First League 13 0 1 0 14 0
2004–05 TFF First League 29 8 2 1 31 9
2005–06 TFF First League 24 9 0 0 24 9
Total 70 17 3 1 73 18
Beşiktaş 2006–07 Süper Lig 30 5 7 1 6[b] 0 43 6
2007–08 Süper Lig 9 1 1 0 2[c] 0 12 1
Total 39 6 8 1 8 0 55 7
Manisaspor 2007–08 Süper Lig 16 9 2 0 18 9
Fenerbahçe 2008–09 Süper Lig 6 0 3 0 7[c] 0 16 0
Eskişehirspor (loan) 2009–10 Süper Lig 14 1 3 1 17 2
Trabzonspor 2009–10 Süper Lig 11 3 3 0 14 3
2010–11 Süper Lig 30 19 3 1 2[d] 0 1[e] 0 36 20
2011–12 Süper Lig 31 33 1 1 8[f] 1 4[g] 1 44 36
Total 72 55 7 2 10 1 5 1 94 59
Galatasaray 2012–13 Süper Lig 30 24 0 0 9[c] 8 0 0 39 32
2013–14 Süper Lig 32 16 6 2 6[c] 0 0 0 44 18
2014–15 Süper Lig 28 16 2 4 6[c] 2 1[e] 0 37 22
2015–16 Süper Lig 15 9 0 0 4[c] 0 1[e] 1 21 10
Total 105 65 8 6 25 10 3 1 141 82
Beijing Guoan 2016 Chinese Super League 17 11 3 0 20 11
2017 Chinese Super League 11 8 0 0 11 8
Total 28 19 3 0 31 19
Trabzonspor 2017–18 Süper Lig 25 23 0 0 25 23
2018–19 Süper Lig 7 5 0 0 7 5
Total 32 28 0 0 32 28
Beşiktaş 2018–19 Süper Lig 15 11 0 0 15 11
2019–20 Süper Lig 25 13 1 1 0 0 26 14
Total 40 24 1 1 0 0 41 25
Lille 2020–21 Ligue 1 28 16 1 0 4[d] 2 33 18
2021–22 Ligue 1 31 4 1 0 7[c] 3 1[h] 0 40 7
Total 59 20 2 0 11 5 1 0 73 25
Fortuna Sittard 2022–23 Eredivisie 26 9 1 0 27 9
Career total 507 253 41 12 61 16 9 2 618 283
  1. ^ Includes Turkish Cup, Chinese FA Cup, Coupe de France, KNVB Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Cup
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ a b c Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
  6. ^ Five appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  7. ^ Appearances in Süper Lig European play-offs
  8. ^ Appearance in Trophée des Champions

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[60]
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2006 4 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 0 0
2010 1 0
2011 9 3
2012 8 3
2013 11 7
2014 4 2
2015 5 4
2016 6 3
2017 4 1
2018 0 0
2019 7 1
2020 4 0
2021 13 6
2022 1 1
Total 77 31
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yılmaz goal.[60]
List of international goals scored by Burak Yılmaz
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 June 2011 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
2 2 September 2011 Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey  Kazakhstan 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
3 11 October 2011 Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey  Azerbaijan 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2012 qualification
4 26 May 2012 Red Bull Arena, Salzburg, Austria  Finland 1–1 2–3 Friendly
5 2–1
6 29 May 2012 Red Bull Arena, Salzburg, Austria  Bulgaria 2–0 2–0 Friendly
7 22 March 2013 Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella, Andorra la Vella, Andorra  Andorra 2–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 26 March 2013 Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Hungary 1–0 1–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
9 14 August 2013 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Ghana 1–0 2–2 Friendly
10 6 September 2013 Kadir Has Stadium, Kayseri, Turkey  Andorra 3–0 5–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 10 September 2013 Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania  Romania 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 11 October 2013 A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 2–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 19 November 2013 Tevfik Sırrı Gür Stadium, Mersin, Turkey  Belarus 2–1 2–1 Friendly
14 16 November 2014 Türk Telekom Arena, Istanbul, Turkey  Kazakhstan 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
15 2–0
16 28 March 2015 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
17 8 June 2015 Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Bulgaria 3–0 4–0 Friendly
18 4–0
19 6 September 2015 Torku Arena, Konya, Turkey  Netherlands 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualification
20 5 June 2016 Stozice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 1–0 1–0 Friendly
21 21 June 2016 Stade Bollaert-Delelis, Lens, France  Czech Republic 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016
22 11 November 2016 Antalya Stadium, Antalya, Turkey  Kosovo 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
23 11 June 2017 Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania  Kosovo 3–1 4–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 22 March 2019 Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania  Albania 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
25 24 March 2021 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Netherlands 1–0 4–2 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
26 2–0
27 4–2
28 30 March 2021 Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey  Latvia 3–1 3–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
29 3 June 2021 Benteler-Arena, Paderborn, Germany  Moldova 1–0 2–0 Friendly
30 11 October 2021 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 2–1 2–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
31 24 March 2022 Estádio do Dragão, Porto, Portugal  Portugal 1–2 1–3 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

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Beşiktaş

Trabzonspor

Galatasaray

Lille

Individual

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