To continue with football for an episode of Sports Scene's special series, Tackling China that follows foreign players in the CSL. And in today's installment, we learn more about Beijng Guoan striker Burak Yilmaz.
The Turkey international was very successful over four season with Galatasaray scoring 82 goals in 141 appearances. Yilmaz won the Turkish Super Lig cup twice and was the league's top scorer once while winning the Turkish Cup on four occasions. In February 2016, Galatasaray announced that Yilmaz was joining Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan for 8 million euros.
Yilmaz scored 11 goals in 17 appearances in his debut season as the Capital club finished fifth. The 31-year-old has also played for the Turkish national team since 2006 and has tallied 22 goals in 48 games.