Jimmy Durmaz

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 35)
Place of birth Örebro, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Gençlerbirliği
Number 21
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)
2020–2021Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 30 (3)
2021–2022 Fatih Karagümrük 45 (1)
2023 AIK 18 (0)
2024– Gençlerbirliği 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
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2019

Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for TFF First League club Gençlerbirliği.

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.

  1. ^ "JAKUP JİMMY DURMAZ – Player Details". TFF.org. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  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.