Is Burak Yilmaz retiring? Is Burak Yilmaz injured?

Burak Yılmaz was on born 15 July 1985 and is a Turkish former professional footballer 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 to as the “Big Four”), along with Sergen Yalçın.

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.

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 Fenerbahçe for the 2008–09 Süper Lig season.

Yılmaz was transferred to Trabzonspor in the winter transfer window of the 2009–10 season, where he made his major career breakthrough under the management of Şenol Güneş, becoming Süper Lig’s 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’s 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.

Is Burak Yilmaz retiring?

Turkish football player Burak Yilmaz on Monday confirmed his retirement from football at the age of 37, ending a 22-year playing career.

Is Burak Yilmaz injured?

Ruled out for PSG clash Yilmaz is dealing with a pelvis injury and is ruled out for Sunday’s match versus PSG, L’Equipe reports.