Burak Yilmaz

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Born
1985 (41 years old)
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Antalya, Turkey

Position
Forward

Status
Retired

Ethnicity
Eurasian

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Height
1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight
79 kg (174 lb)

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470884

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Burak Yılmaz (born 15 July 1985) is a Turkish professional football coach and former player who played as a forward.

Yılmaz is one of nine players to play for each of the Big Three clubs of Turkey, and one of only two players who have played for these three clubs as well as Trabzonspor (also referred as the "Big Four"), along with Sergen Yalçın.

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. 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, becoming Süper Lig top scorer with 33 goals in the 2011–12 season.

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. 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. With 31 goals, Yılmaz is Turkey's second all-time highest goalscorer after Hakan Şükür. He played his last game for the national team in 2022.

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Trophies

French Trophée des Champions	Lille	2021
French Ligue 1	Lille	2020-2021
Turkish Super Lig	Galatasaray	2014-2015
Turkish Super Lig	Galatasaray	2012-2013

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Former Youth Teams

Antalyaspor	1998-2002	Youth	-	-

Former Senior Teams

Antalyaspor	2002-2006	Permanent	-	-
Besiktas	2006-2008	Permanent	-	-
Turkey	2006-2022	International	-	-
Manisaspor	2008	Permanent	-	-
Fenerbahce	2008-2009	Permanent	-	-
Eskisehirspor	2009-2010	Loan	-	-
Trabzonspor	2010-2012	Permanent	-	-
Galatasaray	2012-2016	Permanent	-	-
Beijing Guoan	2016-2017	Permanent	-	-
Trabzonspor	2017-2018	Permanent	-	-
Besiktas	2018-2020	Permanent	-	-
Lille	2020-2022	Permanent	-	-