Aykut Demir
Aykut Demir (born 22 October 1988) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back. Born in the Netherlands, he represents Turkey at international level.
| Demir playing for Trabzonspor in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammet Aykut Demir | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1998 | DOSKO | ||
| 1998–2005 | NAC Breda | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2009 | NAC | 9 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Excelsior (loan) | 50 | (2) |
| 2009–2013 | Gençlerbirliği | 119 | (8) |
| 2013–2017 | Trabzonspor | 62 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | → Osmanlıspor (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Giresunspor | 39 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | BB Erzurumspor | 23 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Boluspor | 24 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | BB Erzurumspor | 22 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Ankara Keçiörengücü | 10 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2005 | Turkey U17 | 3 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Turkey U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Turkey U19 | 12 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Turkey U21 | 15 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Turkey A2 | 13 | (1) |
| 2013 | Turkey | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 June 2023 | |||
Club career Edit
Demir made his debut in professional football in the 2005–06 season as part of the NAC Breda squad. He was loaned to Excelsior[1] and later played for Turkish side Gençlerbirliği[2] before joining Trabzonspor.
In 2017, he moved to TFF First League club Giresunspor. In 2019, he signed to BB Erzurumspor. After a one-year stint with Boluspor,[3] he returned to BB Erzurumspor in July 2021.[4]
Personal life Edit
Demir is Muslim. He is known for having controversial opinions about other religions.
Controversies Edit
On 31 December, Demir was married at age 28. Since his bride was not at the wedding, it was unknown who he married.[5]
He was criticized for wearing a taqiya and having a Tawhid flag in his wedding hall.[6]
In BB Erzurumspor's match with MKE Ankaragücü on 2021–22 TFF First League's 27. match week, All Erzurumspor players wore a "no to war" pre-match ceremony shirt in support of Ukraine, except Demir, who refused to wear the shirt.[7] In response to the criticism, he told the media that he did not wear the shirt because he "wouldn't be comfortable wearing it while there were civilians dying in Palestine."[8]
International career Edit
Demir made his debut for Turkey in a November 2013 friendly match against Belarus.[9]
References Edit
- ^ Aykut Demir voor half jaar naar Excelsior 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine - NAC (in Dutch)
- ^ Demir verruilt Excelsior voor Gençerbirligi - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
- ^ "AYKUT DEMİR BOLUSPOR'DA... - Özgür Bolu". Özgürbolu (in Turkish). 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Aykut Demir resmen BB Erzurumspor'da!". Aspor (in Turkish). 6 July 2021.
- ^ "İslamcı futbolcu gelinsiz evlendi". OdaTV (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Osmanlısporlu futbolcu böyle evlendi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ "Aykut Demir maç öncesi 'savaşa hayır' tişörtü giymedi". ajansspor.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ ""Savaşa hayır" tişörtü giymediği için eleştirilmişti... Erzurumsporlu Aykut Demir: Ortadoğu coğrafyasında her gün binlerce insan ölüyor, giyseydim içim rahat etmezdi". The Independent (in Turkish). 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
- ^ Intl career stats - EU Football
External links Edit
- Aykut Demir at the Turkish Football Federation
- Aykut Demir – UEFA competition record ()
- – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Aykut Demir at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aykut Demir at Soccerway