Burak Yilmaz

Burak Yilmaz (born 15 July 1985) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 1 club Lille and captains the Turkey national team.

Yilmaz 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 Yalcin.

Born in Antalya, Turkey, son of former Antalyaspor goalkeeper Fikret Yilmaz, Burak Yilmaz 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, Yilmaz joined Besiktas prior to the 2006–07 season, where he played one and a half seasons and was primarily deployed as a winger. Yilmaz had a short spell in Manisaspor before he joined Fenerbahce for the 2008–09 Super Lig season. Loaned out to Eskisehirspor for the following season, Yilmaz was transferred to Trabzonspor in the winter transfer window of 2009–10 season, where he made his major career breakthrough under the management of Senol Gunes, becoming Super 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, Yilmaz joined Galatasaray, staying for four seasons and winning two Super Lig titles in 2012–13 and 2014–15, as well as being Super Lig top scorer for the second time in his career in the 2012–13 season. In 2016, Yilmaz joined Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan for two seasons, where he scored 28 goals in total. Yilmaz then returned to Trabzonspor for a second spell which lasted two seasons. For the 2018–19 season, Yilmaz returned to Besiktas 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.

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