Burak Akyıldız

Burak Akyıldız (born 3 January 1985, Aliağa, İzmir) is a Turkish football player who played as a centre-back. He spent most of his career at Göztepe and Denizlispor; In 2012, he went to the Kazakhstan team Kairat and became the first Turkish football player to be transferred to this country.

He started football in Göztepe's infrastructure and signed a professional contract in 2002. He played his first match in the A team on 12 May 2002, against Bandırmaspor in the 3rd League. He spent his first two seasons mostly coming off the bench, and became a regular in the starting eleven from 2003–04. After playing for the Izmir team for four seasons, he joined Denizlispor in 2006.

Denizlispor and after

In his first season in Denizlispor, he played on loan at Bilecikspor and Marmaris Belediyespor. When he returned to Denizli in the 2007-08 season, he had the chance to play regularly in the Super League squad. He moved to Akhisar Belediyespor in January 2011, and returned to Denizlispor after half a season. He parted ways with the club at half-time of the 2011-12 season and signed with Almaty's well-established club Kairat in February 2012.

After his Kazakhstan experience, he returned to Türkiye and played in the lower leagues for clubs including Niğde Belediyespor. His height is 1.92 meters.