Deniz Yılmaz Explained

Deniz Yılmaz should not be confused with Deniz Yılmaz (footballer, born 2000).

Deniz Yılmaz
Birth Date:1988 2, df=y
Birth Place:Illerkirchberg, West Germany
Height:1.82 m
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:TV Wiblingen
Youthyears2:2003–2005
Youthclubs2:SSV Ulm
Youthyears3:2005
Youthclubs3:Bayern Munich
Years1:2005–2011
Caps1:115
Goals1:33
Years2:2011–2013
Caps2:16
Goals2:10
Years3:2011–2013
Clubs3:Mainz 05
Caps3:2
Goals3:0
Years4:2012–2013
Clubs4:SC Paderborn (loan)
Caps4:25
Goals4:5
Years5:2013–2014
Clubs5:Elazığspor
Caps5:28
Goals5:12
Years6:2014–2016
Clubs6:Trabzonspor
Caps6:17
Goals6:2
Years7:2016–2017
Clubs7:Bursaspor
Caps7:36
Goals7:10
Years8:2018–2019
Caps8:31
Goals8:3
Nationalyears1:2003–2004
Nationalcaps1:12
Nationalgoals1:4
Nationalyears2:2003–2005
Nationalcaps2:28
Nationalgoals2:9
Nationalyears3:2006
Nationalcaps3:3
Nationalgoals3:1
Nationalyears4:2007
Nationalcaps4:2
Nationalgoals4:0
Nationalyears5:2007–2010
Nationalcaps5:8
Nationalgoals5:2
Nationalyears6:2016–2019
Nationalcaps6:2
Nationalgoals6:0
Club-Update:24 May 2019
Nationalteam-Update:26 August 2017

Deniz Yılmaz (born 26 February 1988) is a professional footballer who last played as a striker for Turkish club Gençlerbirliği. Born in West Germany, Yılmaz is of ethnic Turkish origin. Having represented Turkey internationally at various youth levels he initially sought to play for the Turkey senior national team. After not being nominated for the 2016 European Championship squad, he chose to play for Azerbaijan.

Club career

Yılmaz began his career with Bayern Munich, and made his debut for the reserve team in August 2005, as a substitute for Daniel Sikorski in a 0–0 draw with VfR Aalen. From the 2007–08 season, Yılmaz established himself as a regular in Bayern's reserve team, and was named in the first-team squad for the 2008–09 Champions League. He was named on the subs bench for the first time in a Bundesliga game against VfL Wolfsburg in October 2008. This proved to be his last involvement with Bayern's team, however, despite finishing as the top scorer for the second string in 2009–10, with thirteen goals. He was joint top scorer the following year, along with Boy Deul and Steffen Wohlfarth, but each player only managed six goals and Bayern II were relegated from the 3. Liga in last place.[1]

In July 2011, Yılmaz joined 1. FSV Mainz 05, and made his Bundesliga debut six months later, in a 3–2 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen. He made one more appearance for Mainz in the 2011–12 season, and joined 2. Bundesliga side SC Paderborn 07 on loan for the 2012–13 season.[2]

On 15 January 2018, Yılmaz left Bursaspor[3] and joined Gençlerbirliği. He signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Gençlerbirliği.[4]

International career

Yılmaz was born in West Germany to parents of Turkish descent. Yılmaz won around 50 caps for Turkey at youth level all categories comprised, including 8 for the Turkey U21. In 2016, after years of waiting for a senior Turkish call-up, Yılmaz switched to the Azerbaijan national football team.[5] Yılmaz made his debut for Azerbaijan in a 4-0 2018 World Cup qualification loss to Northern Ireland on 11 November 2016.[6]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bayern Munich II2005–06Regionalliga Süd5050[7]
2007–08227227[8]
2008–093. Liga327327[9]
2009–1029131913[10]
2010–11276276[11]
Total1153311533
Mainz 052011–12Bundesliga20000020[12]
Mainz 05 II2011–12Regionalliga West16101610
SC Paderborn2012–132. Bundesliga25510265[13]
Elazığspor2013–14Süper Lig2812713513[14]
Trabzonspor2014–15Süper Lig1320020152
2015–1640301081
Total1723130233
Career total20162813021263

Honours

Turkey

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 3. Liga 2010/2011 » Zuschauer » Heimspiele . Weltfussball.de . 6 March 2014.
  2. Web site: SC Paderborn holt Mainzer Deniz Yilmaz auf Leihbasis . German . derwesten.de . 31 July 2012 . 6 March 2014 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070106/http://www.derwesten.de/sport/fussball/sc-paderborn-holt-mainzer-deniz-yilmaz-auf-leihbasis-id6936823.html . dead .
  3. News: Deniz'in Sözleşmesi Feshedildi. Bursaspor. Turkish. 15 January 2018.
  4. News: Yeni transferimiz Deniz Yılmaz. Gençlerbirliği S.K.. Turkish. 15 January 2018. 15 January 2018. 16 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116081150/http://genclerbirligi.org.tr/yeni-transferimiz-deniz-yilmaz/. dead.
  5. Web site: Deniz Yılmaz, Azerbaycan Milli Takımı formasını giyecek! . tr . HTSPOR . 21 August 2016 . 26 September 2016.
  6. Web site: Northern Ireland-Azerbaijan . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924231253/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276483/match=300331934/index.html . dead . 24 September 2015 . FIFA.com . 13 November 2016.
  7. Web site: Deniz Yilmaz. kicker.de. kicker. 30 July 2015. German.
  8. Web site: Deniz Yilmiz. kicker.de. kicker. 30 July 2015. German.
  9. Web site: Deniz Yilmaz. kicker.de. kicker. 30 July 2015. German.
  10. Web site: Deniz Yilmaz. kicker.de. kicker. 30 July 2015. German.
  11. Web site: Yilmaz, Deniz . German . kicker.de . 30 April 2011.
  12. Web site: Deniz Yılmaz » Club matches. World Football. 30 July 2015.
  13. Web site: Deniz Yilmaz. kicker.de. kicker. 30 July 2015. German.
  14. Web site: D. Yilmaz. Soccerway. 30 July 2015.
  15. Web site: 2005: Nuri Şahin . UEFA.com . 30 January 2012 . 26 September 2016 . Paul . Saffer.