Aykut Demir
Personal information | |||
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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 |
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.
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 Archived 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 (archive)
- Aykut Demir – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Aykut Demir at National-Football-Teams.com
- Aykut Demir at Soccerway
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bergen op Zoom
- Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent
- Men's association football central defenders
- Dutch men's footballers
- Turkish men's footballers
- Turkey men's international footballers
- Turkey men's B international footballers
- Turkey men's under-21 international footballers
- Turkey men's youth international footballers
- DOSKO players
- NAC Breda players
- Excelsior Rotterdam players
- Gençlerbirliği S.K. footballers
- Trabzonspor footballers
- Ankaraspor footballers
- Giresunspor footballers
- Erzurumspor F.K. footballers
- Boluspor footballers
- Ankara Keçiörengücü S.K. footballers
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Süper Lig players
- TFF First League players
- Footballers from North Brabant
- Turkish football defender stubs