Attila Yıldırım Explained

Attila Yıldırım
Birth Date:22 November 1990
Birth Place:Bad Mergentheim, Germany
Position:Striker
Currentclub:Tarsus İdman Yurdu
Clubnumber:9
Youthclubs1:Ajax
Youthyears1:1997–2010
Years1:2010–2011
Clubs1:Utrecht
Caps1:2
Goals1:1
Years2:2011–2012
Clubs2:Kasımpaşa
Caps2:19
Goals2:4
Years3:2012–2014
Clubs3:Konyaspor
Caps3:22
Goals3:1
Years4:2013–2014
Clubs4:Bucaspor (loan)
Caps4:16
Goals4:1
Years5:2014
Clubs5:Şanlıurfaspor (loan)
Caps5:7
Goals5:2
Years6:2014–2015
Clubs6:Elazığspor
Caps6:8
Goals6:1
Years7:2015
Clubs7:Kocaeli Birlik Spor
Caps7:12
Goals7:0
Years8:2015–2016
Clubs8:Sivas Belediye Spor
Caps8:30
Goals8:11
Years9:2016–2017
Clubs9:Nazilli Belediyespor
Caps9:18
Goals9:1
Years10:2017–2018
Clubs10:MVV Maastricht
Caps10:29
Goals10:8
Years11:2018–2019
Clubs11:Sumgayit FK
Caps11:16
Goals11:3
Years12:2020
Clubs12:Kirsehir Belediyespor
Caps12:0
Goals12:0
Years13:2020–
Clubs13:Tarsus İdman Yurdu
Caps13:1
Goals13:0
Club-Update:20 September 2020

Attila Yıldırım (born 22 November 1990) is a Turkish-Dutch professional footballer who plays as a striker for Tarsus İdman Yurdu.

Career

Yıldırım has played club football in the Netherlands and Turkey for Utrecht, Kasımpaşa and Konyaspor.[1] [2] He signed his first professional contract at FC Utrecht's Paf team and was soon included in the first team squad. He made his first official appearance for the first team in the 2010-11 season on January 19, 2011 in the Eredivisie match against VVV-Venlo. In this first match, he scored his first goal in the Eredivisie. In the following weeks of the season, he took part in two more matches.[3]

On June 18, 2011, it was announced that he would be transferred to Sivasspor, one of the Super League teams.[4] This transfer did not materialize afterwards and he was transferred to Kasımpaşa, a 1st League team. He made his first official appearance for Kasımpaşa in the Ligue 1 match against Denizlispor on September 25, 2011.[5] In August 2012, he was transferred to Torku Konyaspor.

In August 2018, it was announced that he transferred to Sumgayit FK, one of the Azerbaijan Premier League teams.[6]

Personal life

Yildirim was born in Germany to a Turkish family from Sivas. He moved to the Netherlands at a young age, and joined the AFC Ajax youth academy at the age of 7.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile. Dutch. Voetbal International.
  2. Web site: Profile. Turkish. Turkish Football Federation.
  3. Web site: 18 June 2011. 7 November 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121107142817/http://www.vi.nl/Spelers/Speler.htm?viewid=51&dbid=68234&typeofpage=84137. Arşivlenmiş kopya. live.
  4. Web site: 22 October 2023. 7 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180707100040/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/sivas-atilla-yildirim-ile-anlasti-18061375. 9 May 2017. tr. Sivas Atilla Yıldırım ile anlaştı. live. www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  5. Web site: 29 September 2011. 1 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111001170347/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=29&macId=98563. Arşivlenmiş kopya. live.
  6. Web site: 24 August 2018. 24 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180824183614/http://futbolpress.az/v2/news-details/64302/. "Sumqayıt"ın "Azərbaycan əsilli" yeni transferi əslində haralıdı?. live. FootballPress.az.
  7. Web site: Sivas Atilla Yıldırım ile anlaştı.