Anıl Dilaver

Anıl Dilaver — Biography

Anıl Dilaver was born on 20 November 1990 in Trabzon. A forward standing 1.82 m tall, he began his career in the Galatasaray youth system, where he was watched by Johan Neeskens, who gave a positive report on him to head coach Frank Rijkaard. He finished as top scorer of the Turkish Super Youth Championship in the 2007-08 season.

In the 2009-10 season he scored 6 goals in 14 appearances for Galatasaray's A2 reserve team, and on 19 December 2010 he scored the winning goal on his Süper Lig debut against Konyaspor. Around the same period he won 3 caps for Turkey's under-21 national team.

He spent the 2011-12 season on loan at Samsunspor, then moved on loan to Denizlispor for the first half of 2012-13 and to Ofspor for the second half. In the middle of the 2013-14 season he transferred to Bucaspor, in a deal structured as a swap involving Umut Gündoğan, and remained there until 2016. He ended his playing career at Uzunköprüspor in the 2018-19 season.