Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a

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for Etimesgut Belediyespor. He began his career at BK Forward and moved in 2008 to Malmö FF, where he won the Allsvenskan title in 2010. He had two seasons each with Gençlerbirliği of Turkey and Olympiacos of Greece, winning two Superleague Greece titles and one Greek Cup. Durmaz made his senior international debut for Sweden in 2011. He was part of their squads for UEFA Euro 2016 and the

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Early life

Durmaz was born in

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

, into an Aramean family of the

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faith. His father Semun is a Turkish Aramean who migrated to Sweden from Midyat in southeastern

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

, while his mother is an Aramean from Lebanon.

Club career

Malmö FF

Durmaz came to Malmö FF from BK Forward in July 2008. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 14 July 2008 against Hammarby IF. His breakthrough came in the 2010 league winning season when he started in 15 games and played 27. Durmaz scored the opening goal against AC Milan in an exhibition game on 14 August 2011. Durmaz continued to the play regularly for the club during the 2011 season and finished the season with 27 league matches played and four goals scored.

Gençlerbirliği

In June 2012, Durmaz signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği S.K. During his time with the Ankara based side as a domestic player in Turkey. Durmaz scored 11 times and provided six assists in 61 league appearances.

Olympiacos

After two seasons in Turkey, Durmaz signed for Greek Super League club Olympiacos Durmaz in August 2014. He scored his first goal for the club with a close-range effort against OFI Crete on 14 September. His first hat-trick came in an 8-0 win over Tyrnavos in a Greek Cup game on 29 January 2015.

Toulouse

Durmaz moved to

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

club

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million. On 26 August 2017, Durmaz scored two goals (both of them penalties) in Toulouse's 3–2 Ligue 1 home win over Stade Rennais to bring his 2017–18 Ligue 1 goal tally to three and improve on the two Ligue 1 goals he scored in the whole of the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season.

Galatasaray

On 2 July 2019, Durmaz joined reigning

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champions Galatasaray S.K. on a free transfer after his contract with Toulouse ran out. He signed on a three-year deal, earning 6 million

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for the first season, increasing by a million in each subsequent campaign. Durmaz made his debut for the club in the Turkish Super Cup on 7 August 2019, playing 81 minutes in their 1–0 win over Akhisar.

Fatih Karagümrük

On 2 October 2020, he loaned from Galatasaray to Fatih Karagümrük, one of the Super League teams. On 4 August 2021, he signed permanent contract with the team for following two seasons.

AIK

On 12 January 2023, Durmaz signed a contract with AIK that will run until 31 December 2024.

Gençlerbirliği

In January 2024, Durmaz returned to former club Gençlerbirliği on an eighteen-month contract.

International career

Durmaz made his debut for

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on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against

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. Durmaz was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues. Durmaz represented Sweden at Euro 2016. He was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the

in Russia, but only made one appearance in the tournament, coming on as a substitute against

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in the group stage. After conceding a last-minute free kick in the game, from which Toni Kroos scored to beat Sweden 2–1, Durmaz was subjected to racial abuse and threats of violence on social media. Expert analysis found that the most abusive posts were almost all bot generated, rather than from genuine users.

Personal life

His younger brother Elias is also a footballer. Both brothers are midfielders.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first''

Honours

Malmö * Allsvenskan:

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Olympiacos *

Super League Greece The Super League Greece 1 (), or Stoiximan Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Greece and the highest level of the Greek football league system. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and repla ...

: 2014–15, 2015–16 * Greek Cup: 2014–15 Galatasaray * Turkish Super Cup: 2019 Individual * Stor Grabb: 2016

References

External links

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