Muammer Yıldırım

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Muammer Yıldırım

| image = AUT vs. TUR 2016-03-29 (380).jpg

| image_size = 240px

| caption = Yıldırım with Turkey in 2016

| fullname = Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|9|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Eğil, Diyarbakır, Turkey

| height = {{convert|1.90|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Samsunspor

| clubnumber = 25

| youthyears1 = 2003–2006 | youthclubs1 = Ankara Esnafspor

| youthyears2 = 2006–2007 | youthclubs2 = Türk Telekomspor

| years1 = 2007–2011 | clubs1 = Türk Telekomspor | caps1 =8 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = Van B.B. | caps2= 60 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2013–2016 | clubs3 = Mersin İY | caps3= 34 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2019 | clubs4 = Kayserispor | caps4= 29 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2019–2024 | clubs5 = Sivasspor | caps5= 23 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2024– | clubs6 = Samsunspor | caps6= 0 | goals6 = 0

| club-update = 2 February 2024

}}

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

Career

=Mersin İdmanyurdu=

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.{{cite news|title=Balıkesirspor Mersin İdmanyurdu Maç Detayları TFF|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=29&macId=129781|publisher=TFF|accessdate=4 January 2016|language=Turkish}} 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.{{cite news|title=Mersin'de formayı en çok onlar giydi|url=http://www.fotospor.com/haber-mersinde-formayi-en-cok-onlar-giydi-206382|publisher=fotospor.com|date=2 January 2016|accessdate=4 January 2016|language=Turkish}}

=Kayserispor=

Yıldırım signed in Kayserispor for a 3-year-deal on 21 July 2016.{{cite news|title=Muammer Zülfikar Yıldırım, Kayserispor'da!|url=http://www.haberturk.com/spor/futbol/haber/1270030-muammer-zulfikar-yildirim-kayserisporda|publisher=Habertürk|date=21 July 2016|accessdate=2 October 2016|language=Turkish}} 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.{{cite news|title=Kayserispor - Galatasaray Maç Detayları TFF|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=29&macId=156938|publisher=TFF|date=10 September 2016|accessdate=2 October 2016|language=Turkish|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918085546/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=29&macID=156938|archivedate=18 September 2016|url-status=live}}

=International=

Yıldırım received his first call-up to the Turkey national football team for their friendly against Austria in March 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/friendlies/season=2016/matches/round=2000582/match=2019718/postmatch/commentary/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524041222/http://www.uefa.com/friendlies/season=2016/matches/round=2000582/match=2019718/postmatch/commentary/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2016|title=Austria v Turkey |publisher=UEFA |date=29 March 2016 |access-date=10 June 2016}}