Barış Alper Yılmaz (born 23 May 2000) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Turkey national team and considered one of the best talents of Türkiye.

Barış Alper Yılmaz
Yılmaz with Galatasaray in 2021
Personal information
Full name Barış Alper Yılmaz
Date of birth (2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Rize, Turkey
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Galatasaray
Number 53
Youth career
2012–2017 Rize İl Özel İdarespor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Ankara Demirspor 39 (1)
2020–2021 Ankara Keçiörengücü 34 (8)
2021– Galatasaray 79 (10)
International career
2021– Turkey U21 6 (1)
2021– Turkey 18 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:31, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:55, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

Club career

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Yılmaz started football in 2012 in Rize İl Özel İdarespor. In 2017, he was transferred to Ankara Demirspor, one of the third league teams. After playing here for three seasons, he was transferred to Ankara Keçiörengücü, which was promoted to the first league.

Galatasaray

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Yılmaz transferred to Galatasaray on 9 July 2021.[1]

His contract was extended by Galatasaray on 4 May 2023 to be valid until the end of the 2026–27 season.[2]

Yılmaz became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4–1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with two weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.[3]

International career

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Yılmaz played three matches with the Turkey under-21 national football team and scored 1 goal. He debuted with the senior Turkey national team in a 6–0 win over Gibraltar on 12 November 2021.[4]

On 12 October 2023, Yılmaz scored his first goal for Türkiye in a 1–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying win over Croatia.[5]

He was named in Turkey's 26-man squad for UEFA Euro 2024.[6]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 26 May 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Ankara Demirspor 2017–18 TFF Third League 4 0 2 0 6 0
2018–19 TFF Third League 16 1 1 0 17 1
2019–20 TFF Third League 19 0 1 0 20 0
Total 39 1 4 0 43 1
Ankara Keçiörengücü 2020–21 TFF First League 34 8 2 0 36 8
Galatasaray 2021–22 Süper Lig 17 0 1 0 5[a] 0 23 0
2022–23 Süper Lig 25 4 5 0 30 4
2023–24 Süper Lig 37 6 3 1 14[b] 0 1[c] 0 55 7
Total 79 10 9 1 19 0 1 0 108 11
Career total 152 19 15 1 19 0 1 0 187 20
  1. ^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Twelve appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

International

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As of match played 26 June 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Turkey 2021 2 0
2023 9 1
2024 7 1
Total 18 2
Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yılmaz goal.
List of international goals scored by Barış Alper Yılmaz
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 12 October 2023 Opus Arena, Osijek, Croatia 8   Croatia 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
2 10 June 2024 Kazimierz Górski National Stadium, Warsaw, Poland 15   Poland 1–1 1–2 Friendly

Honours

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Galatasaray

References

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  1. ^ "Hoş geldin Barış Alper Yılmaz". www.galatasaray.org.
  2. ^ "Barış Alper Yılmaz'ın sözleşmesi uzatıldı". www.galatasaray.org. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray win title for 23rd time after beating Ankaragucu 4-1". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Match Report of Turkey vs Gibraltar - 2021-11-13 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ "UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers Talking Points: Erling Haaland makes it 27 goals in 27 appearances for Norway". Optus. 13 October 2023.
  6. ^ "A Millî Takımımızın EURO 2024 Aday Kadrosu Açıklandı" [EURO 2024 Candidate Squad of Our National Team Announced] (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  7. ^ "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  8. ^ https://www.thescore.com/topsn/news/2918549/galatasaray-win-turkish-league-after-beating-fenerbahce-on-final-day
  9. ^ https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/galatasaray-vs-fenerbahce-turkish-super-cup-final-highlights-controversy-goals-icardi-boycott/article68041682.ece
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