Fatih Yılmaz (born 5 March 1989) is a Turkish former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

, Yılmaz began his career in his hometown for VfB Hannover-Wülfel and in 2005 joined the youth team of Hannover 96. He played for Hannover 96 between 2005 and 2007 and signed then in the summer of the latter year with Eintracht Braunschweig. In May 2010 it was confirmed that his contract would not be renewed and he left the club on 30 June 2010. In January 2011 he signed a contract with Türkcell Süper Lig club

Manisaspor Manisaspor is a Turkish professional football club located in the city of Manisa. Originally formed in 1931 as Sakaryaspor, the club changed its name to Manisaspor on 15 June 1965.Eintracht Nordhorn Eintracht Nordhorn was a German association football club from the city of Nordhorn, Lower Saxony. The club was founded in 1945 as ''Sportverein Nordhorn'' and adopted the name ''Eintracht Nordhorn'' in 1947. A separate football club known as ' ...

in the fifth tier

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. He signed with

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club SV Wilhelmshaven during the winter break of the 2011–12 season.

Personal life

Fatih is the older brother of Yusuf Yılmaz and both hold a

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passport.

References

1989 births Living people German people of Turkish descent Footballers from Hanover Turkish footballers German footballers Association football midfielders Turkey youth international footballers 3. Liga players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players Manisaspor footballers Eintracht Nordhorn players SV Wilhelmshaven players FC Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo players Denizlispor footballers FSV Optik Rathenow players Turkish expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub