Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım (born 10 July 1990), is a Turkish professional
football player
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who plays as a
goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...
for
Sivasspor
Sivasspor Kulübü, known as Demir Grup Sivasspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas. The primary department of the club is men's football. Formed in 1967, its football department competes in Süper Lig, as of 201 ...
.
Career
Mersin İdmanyurdu
Yıldırım played his first Süper Lig game against
Balıkesirspor
Balıkesirspor is a Turkish club based in Balıkesir. Established in 1966, the football team played in the Süper Lig after achieving promotion having finished as runners-up of the TFF First League in 2013–14. The team's previous promotion was ...
which ended 3–1 in favour of Mersin İY, at
Balıkesir Atatürk Stadı, on 4 May 2015.
He finished
2014–15 season with a total of 9 games, including 7 Süper Lig and 2
Ziraat Turkish Cup games. Following farewell of his teammate Bulgarian goalie
Nikolay Mihaylov
Nikolay Borislavov Mihaylov ( bg, Николай Бориславов Михайлов; born 28 June 1988) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Levski Sofia, where he is also the captain, and the Bulgarian natio ...
, he played at entire Süper Lig fixture of Mersin İY at the first-halve of
2015–16 Süper Lig season.
Kayserispor
Yıldırım signed in
Kayserispor
Kayseri Spor Kulübü, commonly known as Kayserispor, is a Turkish professional football club based in Kayseri. They play their home matches at the Kadir Has Stadium in red and yellow kits.
The team has won one Turkish Cup in 2008 and also fini ...
for a 3-year-deal on 21 July 2016.
He earned his first cap for Kayserispor on Week 3 of
2016–17 Süper Lig season on away, against
Galatasaray
Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...
, ended 0–0, on 10 September 2016.
International
Yıldırım received his first call-up to the
Turkey national football team
The Turkey national football team ( tr, Türkiye Millî Futbol Takımı) represents Turkey in men's international Association football, football matches. The team is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation ( tr, Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu ...
for their friendly against
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
in March 2016.
Honours
Sivasspor
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Turkish Cup
The Turkish Cup ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Kupası'') is a football cup competition in Turkish football, run by the Turkish Football Federation since 1962. During a brief sponsorship period with Fortis, its sponsored name was ''Fortis Türkiye Kupası ...
:
2021–22
References
External links
Profileat
TFF
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yildirim, Muammer
1990 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Diyarbakır
Turkish footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Süper Lig players
Türk Telekom G.S.K. footballers
Mersin İdman Yurdu footballers
Kayserispor footballers
Sivasspor footballers