Jimmy Durmaz

Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989), formerly known as Jimmy Touma, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or box-to-box midfielder for AIK. 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.

Jimmy Durmaz
Durmaz with Sweden in 2019
Personal information
Full name Jakup Jimmy Durmaz[1]
Date of birth (1989-03-22) 22 March 1989
Place of birth Örebro, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder, box-to-box midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AIK
Number 10
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 14 (0)
International career‡
2009–2010 Sweden U21 8 (0)
2011–2019 Sweden 49 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 August 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2019

Early life

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

Club career

Malmö FF

Touma came to Malmö FF from BK Forward in July 2008. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 14 July 2008 against Hammarby IF. Prior to the 2009 season, he decided to switch his surname to Durmaz. His breakthrough came in the 2010 league winning season when he started in 15 games and played 27. Durmaz scored the opening goal against A.C. Milan in an exhibition game on 14 August 2011.[5] 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.[6][7] During his time with the Ankara based side as a domestic player[8] in Turkey. Durmaz scored 11 times and provided six assists in 61 league appearances.[9]

Olympiacos

After two seasons in Turkey, Durmaz signed for Greek Super League club Olympiacos Durmaz in August 2014.[10] He scored his first goal for the club with a close-range effort against OFI Crete on 14 September.[11] His first hat-trick came in an 8-0 win over Tyrnavos in a Greek Cup game on 29 January 2015.[12]

Toulouse

Durmaz moved to Ligue 1 club Toulouse in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million.[13][14] 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.[15]

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.[9] He signed on a three-year deal, earning 6 million Turkish lira for the first season, increasing by a million in each subsequent campaign.[16]

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.[17]

Fatih Karagümrük

On 2 October 2020, he loaned from Galatasaray to Fatih Karagümrük, one of the Super League teams.[18] 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.[19]

International career

Durmaz made his debut for Sweden on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against Cyprus.[20] 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.[21]

Durmaz represented Sweden at Euro 2016.[22]

He was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[23] but only made one appearance in the tournament, coming on as a substitute against Germany in the group stage.[24][25] 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.[26] Expert analysis found that the most abusive posts were almost all bot generated, rather than from genuine users.[27]

Personal life

His younger brother Elias Durmaz is also a footballer, who plays for the same team, AIK. Both brothers are midfielders.

Career statistics

Club
Jimmy Durmaz playing for Gençlerbirliği
As of 6 August 2023.[28][29][30]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup [lower-alpha 1] Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
BK Forward2005 Division 2 Norra Svealand 0000——00
2006 Division 1 Norra 0000——00
2007 22200——222
2008 13200——132
Total 35400——354
Malmö FF 2008 Allsvenskan 9200——92
2009 13010——140
2010 27220——292
2011 2743012[lower-alpha 2]0—424
2012 15600——156
Total 911460120—10914
Gençlerbirliği2012–13 Süper Lig 29530——325
2013–14 32610——336
Total 611140——6511
Olympiacos 2014–15 Super League Greece 192533[lower-alpha 3]0—275
2015–16 247202[lower-alpha 4]0—287
2016–17 00002[lower-alpha 5]0—20
Total 4397370—5712
Toulouse 2016–17 Ligue 1 27211——283
2017–18 20330—2[lower-alpha 6]1254
2018–19 36410——374
Total 83951—219011
Galatasaray 2019–20 Süper Lig 11030001[lower-alpha 7]0150
2020–21 10001[lower-alpha 8]00020
Total 120301010170
Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 303200000323
Fatih Karagümrük 2021–22 321200000341
2022–23 130000000130
Total 754400000793
AIK Fotboll 2023 Allsvenskan 140400000180
Total 140400000180
Career total 414503142003148056
  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[31][32]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
Sweden
201110
201221
2013110
201491
201550
201610[lower-alpha 1]0
201751
20185[lower-alpha 2]0
201910
Total493
  1. Two appearances in UEFA Euro 2016
  2. One appearance in 2018 FIFA World Cup

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.

#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.23 January 2012Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Qatar1–05–0Friendly
2.12 October 2014Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden Liechtenstein2–02–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3.9 June 2017 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden France1–12–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Malmö[33]

Olympiacos[33]

Galatasaray[33]

Individual

References
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  2. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  3. "Coupe du monde 2018. Jimmy Durmaz, le symbole suédois". Ouest-France (in French). 4 July 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  4. Jean-Francois Fournel (6 September 2017). "Jimmy Durmaz, un chrétien d'Orient en équipe de Suède de football". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. "Malmö FF – AC Milan". everysport.com (in Swedish). Everysport. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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  7. "Jimmy Durma(z)'dı geldi". genclerbirligi.org.tr (in Turkish). Gençlerbirliği. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  8. "TFF profile". 14 March 2015.
  9. "Sweden International Jimmy Durmaz Arrives in Istanbul Ahead of Completing Galatasaray Move". Turkish Football. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  10. Παίκτης του Ολυμπιακού ο Ντουρμάζ (in Greek), 22 August 2014, retrieved 22 August 2014
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  14. Toulouse : l'international suédois Jimmy Durmaz a signé Retrieved 20 August 2016
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  34. "Stora Grabbars Märke - Svensk fotboll". www.svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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