Aykut Demir

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Aykut Demir
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*
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]

  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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