Okan Yılmaz

Okan Yılmaz

Personal information
Full name	Okan Yılmaz
Date of birth	May 16, 1978
Place of birth	Bursa, Turkey [1]
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1988–1996	İnegölspor
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1996–1998	İnegölspor	41	(15)
1998–2005	Bursaspor	212	(115)
2005	Malatyaspor	16	(4)
2006	Konyaspor	14	(4)
2006	Sakaryaspor	11	(1)
2007	Diyarbakirspor	9	(0)
2008	Orduspor	5	(1)
2008	Panthrakikos	3	(0)
2009	Vanspor	10	(3)
2009–2010	Tepecikspor	9	(1)
2010	Alanyaspor	1	(0)
2012	Altınova Belediyespor	7	(2)
Total		337	(134)
National team^‡
1998–2002	Turkey U21	34	(38)
2003–2004	Turkey	8	(5)
Honours Men's football Confederations Cup 2003 France Team competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 07:16, 18 January 2013 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 07:16, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

Okan Yılmaz (born on 16 May 1978) is a Turkish professional footballer.^[1]

Early life and career

Yılmaz started playing football for Karayollari Yolspor in 1988. His professional career began in İnegölspor when he was signed up in 1996. Two years later, in 1998, he was transferred to Bursaspor. Yılmaz spent the brunt of his career at the Bursa-based club, leading the Süper Lig in goals scored twice (2001 and 2003). He was courted by CSKA Moscow and Olympique de Marseille in 2003. A transfer fee from l'OM was accepted by Bursaspor, but Yılmaz didn't agree to the contracts terms.^[2]

International career

Yılmaz started his international career with the Turkey U-21 squad in 2000. He was promoted to the senior squad in 2003, but has not been called up since 2004. He has five goals in eight caps, as well as a third-place finish in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[1] In the semi-final v France, Yilmaz had the opportunity to equalise with a penalty, but missed, and consequently, Turkey lost 3-2, and went to the third place playoff.

Honours

International

• FIFA Confederations Cup 2003 third place: 2003

Individual

• Süper Lig top goalscorer: 2001, 2003
• TFF First League top goalscorer: 2005

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 15 May 2010)^[1]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
İnegölspor	1996-97	25	13	2	9	27	22
	1997-98	16	2	0	18	16	20
	Total	41	15	2	1	43	16
Bursaspor	1998	4	0	0	0	4	0
	1998-99	23	2	0	0	23	2
	1999-00	25	13	4	2	29	15
	2000-01	31	23	0	0	31	23
	2001-02	32	14	1	1	33	15
	2002-03	34	24	1	1	35	25
	2003-04	34	14	2	0	36	14
	2004-05	29	25	2	1	31	26
	Total	212	115	10	5	222	120
Malatyaspor	2005-06	16	4	3	0	19	4
	Total	16	4	3	0	19	4
Konyaspor	2006	14	4	1	0	15	4
	Total	14	4	1	0	15	4
Sakaryaspor	2006-07	11	1	1	0	12	1
	Total	11	1	1	0	12	1
Diyarbakirspor	2007-08	9	0	0	0	9	0
	Total	9	0	0	0	9	0
Orduspor	2008	5	1	0	0	5	1
	Total	5	1	0	0	5	1
Panthrakikos	2008-09	3	0	0	0	3	0
	Total	3	0	0	0	3	0
Vanspor	2009	10	3	0	0	10	3
	Total	10	3	0	0	10	3
Tepecikspor	2009-10	9	1	0	0	9	1
	Total	9	1	0	0	9	1
Total		330	144	17	6	347	150

International

(Correct as of 15 May 2010)^[1]

National team	Season	Apps	Goals
Turkey	2003	8	5
	Total	8	5

(Correct as of 15 May 2010)^[1]

Okan Yılmaz: International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2003-06-19	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, France	United States	1–1	2-1	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
2	2003-06-23	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, France	Brazil	2-1	2-2	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
3	2003-06-28	Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, France	Colombia	2–1	2-1	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
4	2003-08-20	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, Turkey	Moldova	2–0	2–0	Friendly
5	2003-09-09	Lansdowne Road, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–1	2-2	Friendly

References

1. OKAN YILMAZ tff.org (Turkish), accessed 15 May 2010
2. Bir Zamanların Yıldız Futbolcuları takvim.com.tr (Turkish), accessed 15 May 2010

External links

• Okan Yılmaz – FIFA competition record