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Recep Burak Yılmaz
Personal information
Date of birth	27 November 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Üsküdar, Turkey
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Hatayspor
Number	15
Youth career
2005–2008	Fenerbahçe
2008–2013	Kartalspor
2013–2015	Galatasaray
Senior career*
Years	Team
2015–2016	Galatasaray
2015–2016	→Kartalspor (loan)
2016–2017	Kartalspor
2017–2020	Sancaktepe
2020–2022	Samsunspor
2020–2021	→ Manisa (loan)
2022–	Hatayspor
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:41, 24 November 2022 (UTC)

Recep Burak Yılmaz (born 27 November 1995), is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Hatayspor.

Professional career

Yılmaz is a youth product of Fenerbahçe, Kartalspor and Galatasaray. 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.^[1] He signed permanently with Kartalspor for the 2016–2017 season. The following year, he moved to Sancaktepe where he was the starter for 3 seasons. He moved to Samsunspor in the TFF Second League in 2020, and helped them win the league in his first season with them.^[2] The following season, he joined Manisa on loan where he again won the TFF Second League before returning to Samsunspor.^[3] He was a starter for Samsunspor in the TFF First League upon his return, but early in the season had a season-ending toe surgery.^[4] On 16 June 2022, he transferred to Hatayspor signing a 3-year contract.^[5] He made his professional debut with Hatayspor in a 1–0 Süper Lig loss to Kasımpaşa on 28 August 2022.^[6]