Barış Alper Yılmaz

Barış Yılmaz
	Yılmaz with Galatasaray in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Barış Alper Yılmaz
Date of birth	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
2017–2020	Ankara Demirspor
2020–2021	Ankara Keçiörengücü
2021–	Galatasaray
International career‡
2021–	Turkey U21
2021–	Turkey
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:22, 17 January 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:11, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

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.

Club career

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

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

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 13 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

Club

As of match played 17 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Turkish Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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
	2024–25	Süper Lig	19	10	1	0	7^[d]	1	1^[c]	0	28	11
	Total		98	20	10	1	26	1	2	0	136	22
Career total			171	29	16	1	26	1	2	0	215	31

^ One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ Twelve appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
^ ^a ^b Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 19 November 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	2021	2	0
	2023	9	1
	2024	13	1
Total		24	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

Galatasaray

Süper Lig: 2022–23,^[7] 2023–24^[8]
Turkish Super Cup: 2023^[9]

References

^ "Hoş geldin Barış Alper Yılmaz". www.galatasaray.org. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
^ "Barış Alper Yılmaz'ın sözleşmesi uzatıldı". www.galatasaray.org. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ "Turkish Super Lig: Galatasaray win title for 23rd time after beating Ankaragucu 4-1". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
^ "Match Report of Turkey vs Gibraltar - 2021-11-13 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "UEFA Euro 2024 qualifiers Talking Points: Erling Haaland makes it 27 goals in 27 appearances for Norway". Optus. 13 October 2023. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^ "Galatasaray win Turkish league after beating Fenerbahce on final day". theScore.com. Associated Press. 26 May 2024.
^ "Galatasaray wins Turkish Super Cup after Fenerbahce U19 team walks off after 1st-minute goal". Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

External links

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[7] One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

[8] Twelve appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League

[TSC-9] Appearance in Turkish Super Cup

[10] Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

[1] "Hoş geldin Barış Alper Yılmaz". www.galatasaray.org. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

[2] "Barış Alper Yılmaz'ın sözleşmesi uzatıldı". www.galatasaray.org. 4 May 2023. Archived from the original on 5 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. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.

[Global_Sports_Archive_2021-4] "Match Report of Turkey vs Gibraltar - 2021-11-13 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 13 November 2021. Archived from the original on 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. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 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. Archived from the original on 7 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.

[11] "CUMHURİYETİN YÜZÜ, TÜRKİYE'NİN EN BÜYÜĞÜ, ŞAMPİYON GALATASARAY!". Galatasaray S.K. 30 May 2023. Archived from the original on 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.

[12] "Galatasaray win Turkish league after beating Fenerbahce on final day". theScore.com. Associated Press. 26 May 2024.

[13] "Galatasaray wins Turkish Super Cup after Fenerbahce U19 team walks off after 1st-minute goal". Archived from the original on 12 April 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

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