Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım (born 10 July 1990) is a Turkish professional football player of Kurdish origin who plays as a goalkeeper for Samsunspor.

Muammer Yıldırım
Yıldırım with Turkey in 2016
Personal information
Full name Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım
Date of birth (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Eğil, Diyarbakır, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Samsunspor
Number 25
Youth career
2003–2006 Ankara Esnafspor
2006–2007 Türk Telekomspor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Türk Telekomspor 8 (0)
2011–2013 Van B.B. 60 (0)
2013–2016 Mersin İY 34 (0)
2016–2019 Kayserispor 29 (0)
2019–2024 Sivasspor 23 (0)
2024– Samsunspor 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 February 2024

Career

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Mersin İdmanyurdu

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Yıldırım played his first Süper Lig game against Balıkesirspor which ended 3–1 in favour of Mersin İY, at Balıkesir Atatürk Stadı, on 4 May 2015.[1] He finished 2014–15 season with a total of 9 games, including 7 Süper Lig and 2 Ziraat Turkish Cup games. Following farewell of his teammate Bulgarian goalie Nikolay Mihaylov, he played at entire Süper Lig fixture of Mersin İY at the first-halve of 2015–16 Süper Lig season.[2]

Kayserispor

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Yıldırım signed in Kayserispor for a 3-year-deal on 21 July 2016.[3] He earned his first cap for Kayserispor on Week 3 of 2016–17 Süper Lig season on away, against Galatasaray, ended 0–0, on 10 September 2016.[4]

International

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Yıldırım received his first call-up to the Turkey national football team for their friendly against Austria in March 2016.[5]

Honours

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Sivasspor

References

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  1. ^ "Balıkesirspor Mersin İdmanyurdu Maç Detayları TFF" (in Turkish). TFF. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Mersin'de formayı en çok onlar giydi" (in Turkish). fotospor.com. 2 January 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım, Kayserispor'da!" (in Turkish). Habertürk. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Kayserispor - Galatasaray Maç Detayları TFF" (in Turkish). TFF. 10 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Austria v Turkey". uefa.com. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
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