Barış Alper Yılmaz

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.

Barış Yılmaz

Yılmaz with Galatasaray in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Barış Alper Yılmaz
Date of birth	(2000-05-23) 23 May 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Rize, Turkey
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Galatasaray
Number	53
Youth career
2012–2017	Rize İl Özel İdarespor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2020	Ankara Demirspor	39	(1)
2020–2021	Ankara Keçiörengücü	34	(8)
2021–	Galatasaray	108	(20)
International career‡
2021–	Turkey U21	6	(1)
2021–	Turkey	26	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:22, 27 April 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:11, 23 March 2025 (UTC)

Club career

Yılmaz started football in 2012 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]

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 27 April 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

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	29	10	3	0	11[d]	1	1[c]	0	44	11
	Total		108	20	12	1	30	1	2	0	150	22
Career total			181	29	18	1	30	1	2	0	229	31

1. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
2. Twelve appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. Appearance in Turkish Super Cup
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played 23 March 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Turkey	2021	2	0
	2023	9	1
	2024	13	1
	2025	2	0
Total		26	2

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

List of international goals scored by Barış Alper Yılmaz

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

Honours

Galatasaray

• Süper Lig: 2022–23,^[7] 2023–24^[8]
• Turkish Cup: 2024–25^[9]
• Turkish Super Cup: 2023^[10]