Recep Burak Yılmaz (born 27 November 1995), is a Turkish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Hatayspor Hatayspor Kulübü, known as Atakaş Hatayspor due to sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional football club located in Antakya, Hatay Province. Hatayspor, founded in 1967 through a merger of three local clubs, aimed to promote sports and po ...

Professional career

Yılmaz is a youth product of Fenerbahçe,

Kartalspor Kartalspor is a sports club located in the Kartal district of Istanbul, Turkey. The club's football team plays in the Bank Asya First League after finishing 2nd in the Second League Promotion Group in the 2006–2007 season. Kartal SK started t ...

and

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 ...

. He signed his first professional contract with Galatasaray in 2014, and the following season moved on loan with Kartalspor where he began his senior career. He signed permanently with Kartalspor for the 2016–2017 season. The following year, he moved to

Sancaktepe Sancaktepe is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 63 km2, and its population is 489,848 (2022). In 2008 the district Sancaktepe was created from parts of the districts Kartal and Ümraniye. The urban part o ...

where he was the starter for 3 seasons. He moved to Samsunspor in the

TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league system. It was founded in the 2001–02 season with the name of ''Turkish Second League Category B'' as a continu ...

in 2020, and helped them win the league in his first season with them. The following season, he joined

Manisa Manisa () is a city in Turkey's Aegean Region and the administrative seat of Manisa Province, lying approximately 40 km northeast of the major city of İzmir. The city forms the urban part of the districts Şehzadeler and Yunusemre, with ...

on loan where he again won the TFF Second League before returning to Samsunspor. He was a starter for Samsunspor in the

TFF First League The TFF 1. Lig (), currently referred to as Trendyol 1. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the second level of the Turkish football league system. The league was founded in 2001 as the ''Turkish Second League Category A'' after the reorganization ...

upon his return, but early in the season had a season-ending toe surgery. On 16 June 2022, he transferred to

signing a 3-year contract. He made his professional debut with Hatayspor in a 1–0

Süper Lig The Süper Lig (, ''Super League''), also known as Trendyol Süper Lig for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Turkey and the highest level of the Turkish football league system. In the 2023–2024 season, twen ...

loss to Kasımpaşa on 28 August 2022.

Honours

Samsunspor *

: 2019–20 Manisa *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yilmaz, Recep Burak 1995 births Living people Footballers from Istanbul Galatasaray S.K. footballers Hatayspor footballers Kartal S.K. footballers Men's association football defenders People from Üsküdar Samsunspor footballers Süper Lig players TFF 1. Lig players TFF Second League players TFF Third League players Turkish men's footballers 21st-century Turkish sportsmen