Barış Alper Yılmaz (born 23 May 2000) is a Turkish professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

and the Turkey national team.

Club career

Yılmaz started football in 2012 in Rize İl Özel İdarespor. In 2017, he was transferred to

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, one of the third league teams. After playing here for three seasons, he was transferred to

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, which was promoted to the first league.

Galatasaray

Yılmaz transferred to

on 9 July 2021. His contract was extended by Galatasaray on 4 May 2023 to be valid until the end of the 2026–27 season. Yılmaz became the champion in the

in the

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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.

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

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on 13 November 2021. On 12 October 2023, Yılmaz scored his first goal for Türkiye in a 1–0

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win over

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. He was named in Turkey's 26-man squad for

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yılmaz goal.''

Honours

Galatasaray *

, 2023–24, 2024–25 *

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: 2024–25 *

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* 2000 births Living people Footballers from Rize Turkish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Turkey men's international footballers Turkey men's youth international footballers UEFA Euro 2024 players Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players Galatasaray S.K. footballers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-stub