Ömer Kılıç

Ömer Kılıç — Biography

Ömer Kılıç is a retired Turkish footballer remembered as Bursaspor's right-back and captain from 1994 to 2004. He played ten seasons for the green-and-whites and became the club's sixth most-capped player in league football. Born in Ordu, he also played for Orduspor, Sökespor, Çanakkale Dardanel and Şanlıurfaspor.

He began his professional career at his hometown club Orduspor in 1990-91. In the middle of 1992-93 he was loaned to Sökespor, then in Lig B, and the following season he returned to Orduspor and made 26 league appearances. At the end of that season he moved to Bursaspor; arriving at the start of 1994-95, he got regular playing time from his first season, stayed ten years and rose to the captaincy. Besides league games he played for Bursaspor in the Turkish Cup and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. In 2004-05 he joined Çanakkale Dardanel and played 21 games in the 1. Lig; in 2005-06 he made 15 league appearances for second-tier Şanlıurfaspor, and he ended his professional career at the end of that season.

Mostly a right-back, Kılıç wore the Turkey shirt in two friendlies against Canada, on 4 and 7 June 1995. After football he returned to Ordu, where he went into business and worked as a sports commentator on a local television channel.