Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swedish club Östertälje FC.
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 Super League Greece titles and one Greek Football Cup.
A full international between 2011 and 2019, Durmaz won 49 caps for Sweden and scored three times. He was part of their squads for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Early life Durmaz was born in Örebro, Sweden, into an Assyrian familyDurmaz, who plays in France for Toulouse, was born in Sweden to Assyrian parents who had emigrated from Turkey. of the Syriac Orthodox faith. His father, Semun, is from Midyat, Turkey while his mother, Joula, is from Beirut, Lebanon. They emigrated to Sweden from Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War.
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 on 14 September. His first hat-trick came in an 8–0 win over Tyrnavos in a Greek Cup game on 29 January 2015.Durmaz keen on Olympiakos stay Retrieved 29 January 2015
Toulouse Durmaz moved to Ligue 1 club Toulouse in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million.Jimmy Durmaz (Olympiakos) en route pour Toulouse Retrieved 20 August 2016Toulouse : l'international suédois Jimmy Durmaz a signé Retrieved 20 August 2016 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 Süper Lig champions Galatasaray on a free transfer after his contract with Toulouse ran out. He signed on a three-year deal, earning 6 million Turkish lira 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.
Return to Gençlerbirliği In January 2024, Durmaz returned to former club Gençlerbirliği on an eighteen-month contract.
Östertälje FC Despite having announced his retirement from football in February 2026, Durmaz signed for Division 6 side Östertälje FC in March 2026.
International career Durmaz made his debut for Sweden on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against Cyprus. 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 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but only made one appearance in the tournament, coming on as a substitute against Germany 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.Hatstormen mot Durmaz fanns inte fplus.se. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
Personal life His younger brother, Elias, is also a footballer. Both brothers are midfielders.
Career statistics Club
+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCup ContinentalOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsBK Forward2005Division 2 Norra Svealand0000——002006Division 1 Norra0000——002007Division 1 Norra22200——2222008Division 1 Norra13200——132Total35400——354Malmö FF2008Allsvenskan9200——922009Allsvenskan13010——1402010Allsvenskan27220——2922011Allsvenskan27430120—4242012Allsvenskan15600——156Total911460120—10914Gençlerbirliği2012–13Süper Lig29530——3252013–14Süper Lig32610——336Total611140——6511Olympiacos2014–15Super League Greece1925330—2752015–16Super League Greece2472020—2872016–17Super League Greece000020—20Total4397370—5712Toulouse2016–17Ligue 127211——2832017–18Ligue 120330—212542018–19Ligue 136410——374Total83951—219011Galatasaray2019–20Süper Lig1103000101502020–21Süper Lig1000100020Total120301010170Fatih Karagümrük (loan)2020–21Süper Lig303200000323Fatih Karagümrük2021–22Süper Lig3212000003412022–23Süper Lig130000000130Total754400000793AIK2023Allsvenskan140400000180Total140400000180Career total414503142003148056
International
Appearances and goals by national team and year National teamYearAppsGoalsSweden20111020122120131102014912015502016100201751201850201910Total493
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 1–0 5–0 Friendly 2 12 October 2014 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying 3 9 June 2017 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden 1–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Honours Malmö Allsvenskan: 2010
Olympiacos Super League Greece: 2014–15, 2015–16 Greek Cup: 2014–15
Galatasaray Turkish Super Cup: 2019 Individual
Stor Grabb: 2016
References
External links
Malmö FF profile (archive)