Erdin Demir (born 27 March 1990 as Erdin Demirovski) is a Swedish former professional

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who played as a

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. He played in Sweden, Norway, and Belgium during a career that spanned between 2008 and 2021. A full international between 2012 and 2014, he won six

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for the Sweden national team.

Career

Sweden

Demir played youth football with

Malmö FF Malmö Fotbollförening, commonly known as Malmö FF, Malmö, or MFF, is a professional football club and the most successful football club in Sweden in terms of trophies won. Formed in 1910 and affiliated with the Scania Football Associatio ...

, making his professional debut in the

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against

Kristianstad Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish ''Christianstad'') is a city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has gone from a garrison town to a developed ...

. He scored the first goal in what would become a 3–2 win to Malmö. A move to LB07 was next as it became apparent he would not break into the Malmö first team. At the start of 2011, Demir moved back into the

Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football le ...

with

Trelleborg Trelleborg () is a town in Skåne County, Sweden, with 43,359 inhabitants as of December 31, 2015. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some west from the southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian peninsula. It is one of the m ...

. Despite finishing fifteenth and in a relegation spot, he was nominated for Allsvenskan Newcomer of the Year. His impressive season attracted interest from Swedish side

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and unnamed teams in Turkey, the country of his origins.

Brann

On 6 December 2011, Demir signed with Norwegian club Brann for around five million Swedish kronor. His contract will run until the end of the 2015 Tippeligaen season. Former Brann striker and Trelleborg team mate of Demir

Joakim Sjöhage Joakim Sjöhage (born 27 September 1986) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. In 2006 and 2007, respectively, he won Allsvenskan and Tippeligaen, the top divisions of Sweden and Norway. With Elfsborg, he also won ...

described the young Swede as "a modern full-back," continuing to say that "he is good offensively and stable defensively. He came as a new signing to Trelleborg, but was consistently one of the best in the team." During the mid-season break in his first season in Norway, Demir spoke of how he wished to use the autumn as a new start. On his first six months, he said, "I got a good start in pre-season. It created high expectations, then I had a less than fortunate start to the league. I received a lot of criticism. As with everyone else who receives that, it hit my self-confidence." He justified his slow start by saying, "I was bought as an offensive full back, to help with attack. You must be aware that there will be space behind me." His coach,

Rune Skarsfjord Rune Skarsfjord (born 23 May 1970, in Narvik) is a Norwegian football coach and former manager of SK Brann. He was promoted to head coach after Steinar Nilsen was dismissed. Before signing for Brann, Skarsfjord worked as head coach for FK Hau ...

was in agreement that " rdinis unfinished," but is confident that he'll "grow" defensively.

Belgium and retirement

He retired from professional football in early 2022, after having played in Belgium since 2015.

International career

Demir has played seven games for the Sweden under-21 team. In his four appearances during the 2013 European Under-21 Championship qualification he has assisted four goals, the equal most of any player. On 14 December 2011,

Erik Hamrén Erik Anders Hamrén (born 27 June 1957) is a Swedish manager and former football player, who is the manager of Danish Superliga club AaB. He also previously coached the Sweden national football team between 2009 and 2016 and the Iceland nation ...

called Demir up to the Swedish national side for two

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against

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and

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

. His debut came against the former on 23 January 2012, in which he received very positive reviews.Demir och Hiljemark från start även mot Qatar
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Career statistics

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demir, Erdin 1990 births Living people Swedish people of Turkish descent Association football fullbacks Swedish footballers Sweden youth international footballers Sweden under-21 international footballers Sweden international footballers Swedish expatriate footballers Allsvenskan players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players SK Brann players Malmö FF players Trelleborgs FF players IF Limhamn Bunkeflo (men) players S.K. Beveren players S.V. Zulte Waregem players Belgian Pro League players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Norway Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Footballers from Malmö