Jimmy Durmaz

Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Etimesgut Belediyespor.

Jimmy Durmaz

Durmaz with Sweden in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jakup Jimmy Durmaz[1]
Date of birth	(1989-03-22) 22 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Örebro, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Etimesgut Belediyespor
Number	15
Youth career
2001–2005	BK Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	BK Forward	35	(4)
2008–2012	Malmö FF	91	(14)
2012–2014	Gençlerbirliği	61	(11)
2014–2016	Olympiacos	43	(9)
2016–2019	Toulouse	83	(9)
2019–2021	Galatasaray	12	(0)
2020–2021	→ Fatih Karagümrük (loan)	30	(3)
2021–2022	Fatih Karagümrük	45	(1)
2023	AIK	18	(0)
2024–2025	Gençlerbirliği	2	(0)
2025–	Etimesgut Belediyespor	2	(0)
International career
2009–2010	Sweden U21	8	(0)
2011–2019	Sweden	49	(3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 February 2024

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 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Early life

Durmaz was born in Örebro, into an Aramean family of the Syriac Orthodox faith.^[3][4] His father Semun is a Turkish Aramean who migrated to Sweden from Midyat in southeastern Turkey, while his mother is an Aramean from Lebanon.^[5]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[6] 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.^{[citation needed]}

Gençlerbirliği

In June 2012, Durmaz signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği S.K.^[7][8] During his time with the Ankara based side as a domestic player^[9] in Turkey. Durmaz scored 11 times and provided six assists in 61 league appearances.^[10]

Olympiacos

After two seasons in Turkey, Durmaz signed for Greek Super League club Olympiacos Durmaz in August 2014.^[11] He scored his first goal for the club with a close-range effort against OFI Crete on 14 September.^[12] His first hat-trick came in an 8-0 win over Tyrnavos in a Greek Cup game on 29 January 2015.^[13]

Toulouse

Durmaz moved to Ligue 1 club Toulouse in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million.^[14][15] 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.^[16]

Galatasaray

On 2 July 2019, Durmaz joined reigning Süper Lig champions Galatasaray S.K. on a free transfer after his contract with Toulouse ran out.^[10] He signed on a three-year deal, earning 6 million Turkish lira for the first season, increasing by a million in each subsequent campaign.^[17]

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.^[18]

Fatih Karagümrük

On 2 October 2020, he loaned from Galatasaray to Fatih Karagümrük, one of the Super League teams.^[19] On 4 August 2021, he signed permanent contract with the team for following two seasons.^{[citation needed]}

AIK

On 12 January 2023, Durmaz signed a contract with AIK that will run until 31 December 2024.^[20]

Gençlerbirliği

In January 2024, Durmaz returned to former club Gençlerbirliği on an eighteen-month contract.^[21]

International career

Durmaz made his debut for Sweden on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against Cyprus.^[22] 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.^[23]

Durmaz represented Sweden at Euro 2016.^[24]

He was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,^[25] but only made one appearance in the tournament, coming on as a substitute against Germany in the group stage.^[26][27] 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.^[28] Expert analysis found that the most abusive posts were almost all bot generated, rather than from genuine users.^[29]

Personal life

His younger brother Elias is also a footballer. Both brothers are midfielders.^{[citation needed]}

Career statistics

Club

Jimmy Durmaz playing for Gençlerbirliği

As of 6 August 2023.^[30][31][32]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
BK Forward	2005	Division 2 Norra Svealand	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2006	Division 1 Norra	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2007		22	2	0	0	—		—		22	2
	2008		13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
	Total		35	4	0	0	—		—		35	4
Malmö FF	2008	Allsvenskan	9	2	0	0	—		—		9	2
	2009		13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
	2010		27	2	2	0	—		—		29	2
	2011		27	4	3	0	12[b]	0	—		42	4
	2012		15	6	0	0	—		—		15	6
	Total		91	14	6	0	12	0	—		109	14
Gençlerbirliği	2012–13	Süper Lig	29	5	3	0	—		—		32	5
	2013–14		32	6	1	0	—		—		33	6
	Total		61	11	4	0	—		—		65	11
Olympiacos	2014–15	Super League Greece	19	2	5	3	3[c]	0	—		27	5
	2015–16		24	7	2	0	2[d]	0	—		28	7
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	2[e]	0	—		2	0
	Total		43	9	7	3	7	0	—		57	12
Toulouse	2016–17	Ligue 1	27	2	1	1	—		—		28	3
	2017–18		20	3	3	0	—		2[f]	1	25	4
	2018–19		36	4	1	0	—		—		37	4
	Total		83	9	5	1	—		2	1	90	11
Galatasaray	2019–20	Süper Lig	11	0	3	0	0	0	1[g]	0	15	0
	2020–21		1	0	0	0	1[h]	0	0	0	2	0
	Total		12	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	17	0
Fatih Karagümrük (loan)	2020–21	Süper Lig	30	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	3
Fatih Karagümrük	2021–22		32	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	34	1
	2022–23		13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	Total		75	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	79	3
AIK	2023	Allsvenskan	14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
	Total		14	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
Career total			414	50	31	4	20	0	3	1	480	56

1. Includes Svenska Cupen, Turkish Cup, Greek Football Cup and Coupe de France
2. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances in UEFA Europa League
3. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. One appearance in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearances in Coupe de la Ligue
7. Appearances in Turkish Super Cup
8. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 5 September 2019^[33][34]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden
	2011	1	0
	2012	2	1
	2013	11	0
	2014	9	1
	2015	5	0
	2016	10[a]	0
	2017	5	1
	2018	5[b]	0
	2019	1	0
Total		49	3

1. Two appearances in UEFA Euro 2016
2. One appearance in 2018 FIFA World Cup

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 January 2012	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	5–0	Friendly
2	12 October 2014	Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden	Liechtenstein	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3	9 June 2017	Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden	France	1–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Malmö^[35]

• Allsvenskan: 2010

Olympiacos^[35]

• Super League Greece: 2014–15, 2015–16
• Greek Cup: 2014–15

Galatasaray^[35]

• Turkish Super Cup: 2019

Individual

• Stor Grabb: 2016^[36]