Burak Yılmaz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Burak Yılmaz | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Trabzonspor | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2002 | Antalyaspor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2006 | Antalyaspor | 70 | (18) |
| 2006–2008 | Beşiktaş | 39 | (6) |
| 2008 | Manisaspor | 16 | (9) |
| 2008–2010 | Fenerbahçe | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Eskişehirspor (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2010– | Trabzonspor | 61 | (47) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2006– | Turkey | 13 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 January 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 October 2011 | |||
Burak Yılmaz (July 15, 1985 in Antalya, Turkey) is a Turkish footballer who plays for Trabzonspor and Turkish national team.
Club career
Antalyaspor
He began to play football in Antalyaspor and he contributed heavily in the success of Antalyaspor in 2005–2006 season to have the second place in Division 1 and promote to Süper Lig, the top football league in Turkish Football. Burak's career at Antalyaspor was quite a success as in his 70 first team appearances he scored 18 goals. Using his strong build, he was efficient at scoring areas.
Beşiktaş
Following constant persistence from Jean Tigana, Burak was transferred to Beşiktaş on June 14, 2006.[1] This was where his career really hit off, scoring 6 goals in 32 first team appearances, but his performance took a downfall during 2007/08. He was nicknamed as "Tigana's Prince", wryly highlighting Tigana's unreasonable behest and patience for him. Not long after, he ultimately drained his limited credit in the eyes of the fans, the board and his coach, and was eventually sold to Vestel Manisaspor as part of an exchange deal.[2]
Manisaspor
Burak transferred from Beşiktaş in a part-exchange deal with Manisaspor, for which Manisaspor gave Filip Holosko in 2007/8 January transfer window.[2] Burak was a success at Manisaspor in his short spell scoring 9 goals in his 16 first team performances including a hat-trick against Denizlispor in his first match.
Fenerbahçe
On 29 June 2008 Burak was sold to Fenerbahçe SK and was presented at a news conference wearing the number 7 shirt.[3] On the contrary to his "promising youngster" image in Manisaspor and Beşiktaş, he had been a disappointment during his spell in Fenerbahçe for the 2008/09 season, playing only 5 games.
Eskişehirspor
On 11 July 2009 Burak was sent to Eskişehirspor on loan on a 1 year +1 contract.[4]
Trabzonspor
In February 2010 Burak was transferred permanently to Trabzonspor.[5] Since joining the club, he recovered his goalscoring form, helping his side to second in the league in the 2010-11 season. He was Trabzonspor's leading goalscorer with 19 league goals from 30 games. In July 2011 he signed a new 4-year contract.[6] Burak is currently the leading scorer in the league with 23 goals in 19 matches. [7]
International Career
On 3rd June 2011, Burak scored his first international goal against Belgium in a Euro 2012 qualifier from a light pass from team mate Arda Turan, to make the score 1-1. Ex-Turkish national team manager, Guus Hiddink spoke highly of Yilmaz, referring to him as a 'modern professional footballer'.[7]
International Goals
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 June 2011 | Stade Roi Baudouin, 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 | |||||
| Correct as of 11 October 2011 | |||||||||||
Honors
- 2006 Turkish Super Cup achievement with Beşiktaş
- 2006–07 Turkish Cup achievement with Beşiktaş
- 2009–10 Turkish Cup achievement with Trabzonspor
- 2009-10 Turkish Super Cup achievement with Trabzonspor
External links
- Burak Yılmaz at National-Football-Teams.com
- Transfermarkt profile (In German)
- TFF Profile
References
- ^ "Yeni Kartal Burak Yılmaz" (in Turkish). Hurriyet.com.tr. 14 June 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ a b Özbayır, Mehmed Hakkı (8 January 2008). "Burak Yılmaz imzayı attı" (in Turkish). Hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Burak resmen Fenerbahçeli!" (in Turkish). Fanatik.com.tr. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Burak Yılmaz Eskişehirspor'da!" (in Turkish). Fanatik.com.tr. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "Burak Yılmaz geç de olsa imzaladı" (in Turkish). Ntvmsnbc.com. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- ^ "PROFESYONEL FUTBOLCUMUZ BURAK YILMAZ'IN SÖZLEŞMESİNİN UZATILMASI". Trabzonspor (in Turkish). Turkish Public Disclosure System (KAP). 25 July 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
- ^ a b Burak Yilmaz turkish-football.com (English) accessed 29 May 2010 Cite error: The named reference "Turkish-football.com" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).