Fatih Yılmaz

Fatih Yılmaz — Biography

Fatih Yılmaz is a midfielder who came up in Germany and played professionally in both Germany and Turkey. He holds both Turkish and German citizenship and has since ended his football career. He is mainly remembered for his spells at Eintracht Braunschweig, Manisaspor and Denizlispor.

He began in Hannover with VfB Hannover-Wülfel, moved into the Hannover 96 youth system in 2005 and agreed a deal with Eintracht Braunschweig in the summer of 2007. His contract there was not renewed, and he left on June 30, 2010. In January 2011 he signed for the Süper Lig side Manisaspor, but returned to Germany after only a few months and joined fifth-tier Eintracht Nordhorn. During the winter break of the 2011-12 season he moved to the Regionalliga Nord club SV Wilhelmshaven. After this spell in the lower German divisions he returned to Turkey on August 17, 2013, transferring to Denizlispor, who were competing in the 1. Lig.

He also played for Etar 1924 Veliko Tarnovo in Bulgaria and for FSV Optik Rathenow. His younger brother, Yusuf Yılmaz, likewise holds a German passport.