Aykut Demir

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Aykut Demir
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Demir playing for Trabzonspor in 2013
Personal information
Full name Muhammet Aykut Demir
Date of birth (1988-10-22) 22 October 1988 (age 35)
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*
YearsTeamApps(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.

Contents

Club career

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

Demir is Muslim. He is known for having controversial opinions about other religions.

Controversies

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

Demir made his debut for Turkey in a November 2013 friendly match against Belarus. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Aykut Demir voor half jaar naar Excelsior Archived 2018-03-24 at the Wayback Machine - NAC (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Demir verruilt Excelsior voor Gençerbirligi - Voetbal International (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ "AYKUT DEMİR BOLUSPOR'DA... - Özgür Bolu". Özgürbolu (in Turkish). 5 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Aykut Demir resmen BB Erzurumspor'da!". Aspor (in Turkish). 6 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "İslamcı futbolcu gelinsiz evlendi". OdaTV (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  6. ↑ "Osmanlısporlu futbolcu böyle evlendi". Habertürk (in Turkish). 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Aykut Demir maç öncesi 'savaşa hayır' tişörtü giymedi". ajansspor.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-09.
  8. ↑ ""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.
  9. ↑ Intl career stats - EU Football


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