King...He was born in 1985 in Antalya. He is the son of former goalkeeper Fikret Yılmaz. He started his professional career in Antalyaspor. He played for Antalyaspor between 2000-2006. In those years, he is touted as a complete young talent. And in those years, almost all teams want to transfer him. But he chose Beşiktaş, the team he was a fan of.
Although his teacher Jean Tigana expected a lot from him between 2006-2008, unfortunately he could not give what was expected in those years. With the departure of Jean Tigana, he went to Manisaspor in return for the transfer of Filip Holosko. Here he worked to show himself and again fell on his way to Istanbul. This time he came to the Anatolian side and signed for Fenerbahçe. Here, too, he was sent to Eskişehirspor, as he was far from the expectations.
Since the number 7 is important to him, he has always been in his jersey. The reason why he has been wearing the number 17 lately comes from the license plate code of 1, his mother's hometown Adana, and his father's hometown Antalya.
After his days on loan at Eskişehirspor, he was given to Trabzonspor by Fenerbahçe in return for the transfer of Gökhan Ünal. Here he had the opportunity to work with Şenol Güneş, who would mean a lot to him. Şenol Güneş is known for polishing the players and getting them back to football by getting along very well with the problem players. He played in the burgundy blue club between 2010-2012. In his second season, he scored 19 goals in 30 matches. In the 2011-2012 season, he scored 32 goals in 30 matches and made history as the top scorer in a season.
This time his stop would be Fatih Terim's Galatasaray. During this period, he also managed to attract attention in European cups. After all, he is now in the team of the Conqueror of Europe... He is getting stronger and showing himself every day. He won the first championship of his career under this jersey.
When 2016 was written on the calendars, he fell into Beijing Guoan, the Chinese team. He continued his career far away from Turkey. In those years, there was a national team problem and Burak's name was also mentioned.
In 2017, he returned to his old club Trabzonspor at the age of 32. As always, having faced problems would bring him back to Beşiktaş.
At the age of 34, he returned to Vodafone Arena amid fan reactions. He won the fans round with his goals. This signature was also seen as his last signature. It was said that he would retire with this jersey, but he made another transfer and transferred to Lille, France at the age of 35.
In Lille, they achieved the impossible with their other Turkish teammates Yusuf Yazıcı and Zeki Çelik and finished the 2020-2021 season as champions ahead of PSG. This showed everyone that the age is just a number... 16 goals and 5 assists in 28 games. He was the King, and Kings were always champions.
The ups and downs in his life caused the public to view him badly. But despite all these, he has shown at every opportunity that he is a good football player and striker. If only he were 10 years younger than he is now and show us where he could go. Who knows, maybe we could see him in Real Madrid, Juventus, Barcelona jerseys?
