Kubilay Türkyilmaz
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kubilay Türkyilmaz | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellinzona, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1986 | US Semine | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Bellinzona | 79 | (46) |
| 1989–1990 | Servette | 46 | (25) |
| 1990–1993 | Bologna | 83 | (24) |
| 1993–1995 | Galatasaray | 34 | (13) |
| 1995–1998 | Grasshopper | 84 | (51) |
| 1998 | Locarno | 12 | (6) |
| 1999 | Luzern | 14 | (6) |
| 2000 | Bellinzona | 13 | (15) |
| 2000–2001 | Brescia | 9 | (3) |
| 2001 | Lugano | 6 | (3) |
| Total | 380 | (192) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988–2001 | Switzerland | 64 | (34) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kubilay "Kubi" Türkyilmaz (Turkish: Kubilay Türkyılmaz; born 4 March 1967 in Bellinzona) is a former Swiss footballer who played as a forward. He completed his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 64 appearances between 1988 and 2001, equalling the performance of Max Abegglen. Their record was bettered by Alexander Frei in 2008.
Türkyilmaz is of Turkish descent, and has said that he would have played for Turkey had they inquired first. He once refused to play for Switzerland in a game against Turkey for fear of being branded a traitor. He now runs a café in his native Bellinzona.
Born in Bellinzona, Ticino, Türkyilmaz began his club career with the local club AC Bellinzona in 1986 and later joined Servette FC in 1989. He left the country in 1990 for the Italian club Bologna FC before joining Galatasaray SK of Turkey, where he won the Süper Lig in his first season, 1993–94, and scored twice against Manchester United in the next season's UEFA Champions League. In 1995 he returned to Switzerland with Grasshopper Zürich, winning the league in 1995–96 and 1997–98.
Türkyilmaz made his international debut on 2 February 1988 against France in Toulouse as a 65th-minute substitute for Hans-Peter Zwicker. Switzerland lost the Tournoi de France match 2–1. His first goals were two against Luxembourg in qualification for the 1990 FIFA World Cup, on 21 September 1988, his seventh match.
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