Barış Alper Yılmaz
Turkish footballer
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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.
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Yılmaz in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Barış Alper Yılmaz | ||
| Date of birth | 23 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Rize, Turkey | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Galatasaray | ||
| Number | 53 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2017 | Rize İl Özel İdarespor | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2020 | Ankara Demirspor | 39 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | Ankara Keçiörengücü | 34 | (8) |
| 2021– | Galatasaray | 141 | (30) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021–2022 | Turkey U21 | 9 | (2) |
| 2021– | Turkey | 34 | (3) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:42, 9 May 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:55, 1 June 2026 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Early career
Yılmaz started football in 2011 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]
Yılmaz scored his first UEFA Champions League goal for Galatasaray on 25 February 2026 against Juventus, in a game Galatasaray lost 3-2 but advanced 7-5 on aggregate. On 26 April 2026 he scored his first goal against Fenerbahçe in a 3-0 win from a penalty kick.
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 9 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | Turkish Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 11[d] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 48 | 14 | |
| 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 12[e] | 1 | 2[c] | 1 | 49 | 12 | |
| Total | 141 | 30 | 18 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 205 | 37 | ||
| Career total | 214 | 39 | 24 | 4 | 42 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 284 | 46 | ||
- One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Twelve appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- Appearances in UEFA Champions League
International
- As of match played 1 June 2026
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 34 | 3 | |
- Scores and results list Turkey's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yılmaz goal.
| 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 |
| 3 | 1 June 2026 | Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | 34 |  North Macedonia | 4–0 | 4–0 | |
