Alper Demirol

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Alper Demirol
Personal information
Full name Alper Emre Demirol
Date of birth (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
Fatih Karagümrük
Youth career
Hammarby IF
Djurgårdens IF
–2019 IF Brommapojkarna
2020–2021 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2024 Hammarby IF 29 (0)
2022–2023Hammarby TFF (res.) 6 (0)
2024Degerfors (loan) 12 (1)
2024Skövde (loan) 8 (0)
2025- Fatih Karagümrük 0 (0)
International career
2022 Sweden U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 February 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:24, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Alper Emre Demirol (born 1 October 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder. [2]

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Early life

Born and raised in Stockholm, Demirol played youth football with Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF and IF Brommapojkarna. [3] In 2021, he was part of Hammarby's U19 squad that finished second in the Swedish championship, after a 2–1 loss to IFK Göteborg in the national final. [4]

Club career

Hammarby IF

On 26 February 2022, Demirol made his competitive debut for Hammarby's senior team, in a 6–1 away in against Ytterhogdals IK in Svenska Cupen, the main domestic cup. [5] On 22 July the same year, after making three substitute appearances in Allsvenskan, Demirol signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Hammarby running until the end of 2024. [6]

International career

In November 2022, Demirol was called up to the Swedish under-21's for the first time, ahead of two friendlies against Denmark and Azerbaijan, and went on to appear in both matches. [7] [8] [9]

Personal life

His older brother Onur "Bolulu" Demirol is professional League of Legends player for LCS team Immortals.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023 [10]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [a] ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby TFF 2022 Ettan 500050
2023 100010
Total60000060
Hammarby IF 2022 Allsvenskan 13020150
2023 160601 [b] 0230
Total2908010380
Career total3508010440

Notes

References

  1. Supportrarnas Matchprogram NR 424. Stockholm: Supportrarnas Matchprogram. 3 August 2023. p. 17.
  2. "Alper Demirol" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association.
  3. "Alper Demirol efter debuten: "Drömmen är Hammarbys A-lag"" (in Swedish). Fotboll STHLM. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  4. "IFK Göteborg vann P19-finalen" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. "Bajen gjorde jobbet i Norrlands inland" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  6. "Alper om förlängningen: "Väldigt glad"" (in Swedish). Hammarby Fotboll. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. "Första truppen uttagen för nya U21-landslaget" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 7 September 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  8. "U21: Tolv debutanter mot Danmark" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 18 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  9. "Helt ny U21-elva mot Azerbajdzjan" (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  10. Alper Demirol at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2021.