Uğur Yıldırım

Uğur Yıldırım
Personal information
Full name	Uğur Yıldırım
Date of birth	8 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	CSV Apeldoorn
Youth career
	Brink en Orden
	Go Ahead Eagles
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2004	Go Ahead Eagles
2004–2007	Heerenveen
2007–2008	Gaziantepspor
2008	Sivasspor
2009–2010	Kasımpaşa
2010–2011	AGOVV
2012–2015	CSV Apeldoorn
International career
2005	Netherlands
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2009

Uğur Yıldırım (Turkish pronunciation: [uːɾ jɯldɯˈɾɯm]; born 8 May 1982) is a Turkish-Dutch footballer currently plays for CSV Apeldoorn.

Club career

A freekick specialist, Yıldırım previously played for Go Ahead Eagles, famous for its youth academy. In the 2003-04 season he scored 6 goals in the First Division match against SC Cambuur. This unique feat drew attention of bigger clubs and Yıldırım signed a contract at SC Heerenveen, with whom he had an outstanding debut season. In summer 2007 he transferred to Gaziantepspor and scored 3 goals for his team. During break-up the league, he moved on to title-challengers Sivasspor after claiming Gaziantepspor did not pay his wages for months.^[1] He wasn't very successful in his time with Sivasspor and therefore he left the club on a free transfer. After his unsuccessful stay in Turkey Yıldırım trained with a lot of clubs during 2008, he couldn't impress with English sides Blackburn Rovers, Plymouth Argyle and Watford. Then he went to Neftchi Baku PFC of Azerbaijan and trained with Dutch side FC Zwolle. The result of this unsuccessful training period was a contract with Kasımpaşa in January 2009 until the end of the season, where he was released in June 2009.

In August 2010 Yıldırım agreed to join Dutch Jupiler League side AGOVV Apeldoorn, signing a one-year contract for the club from his native town.^[2]

Free Kick Tournament

In 2005, Yıldırım won a free kick tournament held in Marbella, beating out players such as Zinedine Zidane.^[3]

External links

Career stats - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
Profile at TFF
Uğur Yıldırım at National-Football-Teams.com

References

^ Yıldırım moves to Sivasspor - Voetbal International
^ "Ugur Yildirim AGOVV'er!" (in Dutch). AGOVV Apeldoorn. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
^ Bouwes, Ernst (2005-01-04). "A tale of two coaches". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-04-08.

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[1] Yıldırım moves to Sivasspor - Voetbal International

[2] "Ugur Yildirim AGOVV'er!" (in Dutch). AGOVV Apeldoorn. 10 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

[3] Bouwes, Ernst (2005-01-04). "A tale of two coaches". ESPN. Retrieved 2007-04-08.

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