Jimmy Durmaz

Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989), formerly known as Jimmy Touma, is a Swedish footballer who plays as a winger for The Turkish club Galatasaray and the Swedish national team.

Jimmy Durmaz

Durmaz with Sweden in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Jakup Jimmy Durmaz[1]
Date of birth	(1989-03-22) 22 March 1989
Place of birth	Örebro, Sweden
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Galatasaray
Number	21
Youth career
2001–2005	BK Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005–2008	BK Forward	35	(4)
2008–2012	Malmö FF	91	(14)
2012–2014	Gençlerbirliği	61	(11)
2014–2016	Olympiacos	43	(9)
2016–2019	Toulouse	83	(9)
2019–	Galatasaray	11	(0)
National team^‡
2009–2010	Sweden U21	8	(0)
2011–	Sweden	49	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 September 2019

He began his career at BK Forward and moved in 2008 to Malmö FF, where he won the Allsvenskan title in 2010. He had two seasons each with Gençlerbirliği of Turkey and Olympiacos of Greece, winning two Superleague Greece titles and one Greek Cup.

Durmaz made his senior international debut for Sweden in 2011. He was part of their squads for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Early life

Durmaz was born in Örebro, into an Aramean [3][4][5] family of the Syriac Orthodox faith. His father Semun is a Turkish-Aramean who migrated to Sweden from Midyat in southeastern Turkey, while his mother is a Lebanese-Aramean.[6]

Club career

Malmö FF

Touma came to Malmö FF from BK Forward in July 2008. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 14 July 2008 against Hammarby IF. Prior to the 2009 season, he decided to switch his surname to Durmaz. His breakthrough came in the 2010 league winning season when he started in 15 games and played 27. Durmaz scored the opening goal against A.C. Milan in an exhibition game on 14 August 2011.[7] Durmaz continued to the play regularly for the club during the 2011 season and finished the season with 27 league matches played and four goals scored.

Gençlerbirliği

In June 2012, Durmaz signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği S.K.[8][9] During his time with the Ankara based side, Durmaz scored 11 times and provided six assists in 61 league appearances.[10]

Olympiacos

After two seasons in Turkey, Durmaz signed for Greek Super League club Olympiacos Durmaz in August 2014.[11] He scored his first goal for the club with a close-range effort against OFI Crete on 14 September.[12] His first hat-trick came in an 8-0 win over Tyrnavos in a Greek Cup game on 29 January 2015.[13]

Toulouse

Durmaz moved to Ligue 1 club Toulouse in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million.[14][15] On 26 August 2017, Durmaz scored two goals (both of them penalties) in Toulouse's 3–2 Ligue 1 home win over Stade Rennais to bring his 2017–18 Ligue 1 goal tally to three and improve on the two Ligue 1 goals he scored in the whole of the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season.[16]

Galatasaray

On 2 July 2019, Durmaz joined reigning Süper Lig champions Galatasaray S.K. on a free transfer after his contract with Toulouse ran out.[10] He signed on a three-year deal, earning 6 million Turkish lira for the first season, increasing by a million in each subsequent campaign.[17]

Durmaz made his debut for the club in the Turkish Super Cup on 7 August 2019, playing 81 minutes in their 1–0 win over Akhisar.[18]

International career

Durmaz made his debut for Sweden on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against Cyprus.[19] Durmaz was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues.[20]

Durmaz represented Sweden at Euro 2016.[21]

He was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[22] but only made one appearance in the tournament, coming on as a substitute against Germany in the group stage.[23][24] After conceding a last-minute free kick in the game, from which Toni Kroos scored to beat Sweden 2–1, Durmaz was subjected to racial abuse and threats of violence on social media.[25] Expert analysis found that the most abusive posts were almost all bot generated, rather than from genuine users.[26]

Career statistics

Club

Jimmy Durmaz playing for Gençlerbirliği

As of 8 July 2020.[27][28][29]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
BK Forward	2005	Division 2	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2006	Division 1	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2007		22	2	0	0	—		—		22	2
	2008		13	2	0	0	—		—		13	2
	Total		35	4	0	0	—		—		35	4
Malmö FF	2008	Allsvenskan	9	2	0	0	—		—		9	2
	2009		13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
	2010		27	2	2	0	—		—		29	2
	2011		27	4	3	0	12	0	—		42	4
	2012		15	6	0	0	—		—		15	6
	Total		91	14	6	0	12	0	—		109	14
Gençlerbirliği	2012–13	Süper Lig	29	5	3	0	—		—		32	5
	2013–14		32	6	1	0	—		—		33	6
	Total		61	11	4	0	—		—		65	11
Olympiacos	2014–15	Superleague Greece	19	2	5	3	3	0	—		27	5
	2015–16		24	7	2	0	2	0	—		28	7
	2016–17		0	0	0	0	2	0	—		2	0
	Total		43	9	7	3	7	0	—		57	12
Toulouse	2016–17	Ligue 1	27	2	1	1	—		—		28	3
	2017–18		20	3	3	0	—		2	1	25	4
	2018–19		36	4	1	0	—		—		37	4
	Total		83	9	5	1	—		2	1	90	11
Galatasaray	2019–20	Süper Lig	9	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
Career total			322	47	25	4	19	0	3	1	369	52

International

As of 5 September 2019[30][31]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Sweden
	2011	1	0
	2012	2	1
	2013	11	0
	2014	9	1
	2015	5	0
	2016	10	0
	2017	5	1
	2018	5	0
	2019	1	0
Total		49	3

International goals

Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 January 2012	Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar	Qatar	1–0	5–0	Friendly
2.	12 October 2014	Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden	Liechtenstein	2–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
3.	9 June 2017		France	1–1	2–1	2018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Malmö[32]

• Allsvenskan: 2010

Olympiacos[32]

• Super League: 2014–15, 2015–16
• Greek Cup: 2014–15

Galatasaray[32]

• Süper Kupa: 2019

References

1. "JAKUP JİMMY DURMAZ – Player Details". TFF.org. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
2. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgfoOkr1UzE
4. Max Wiman (3 April 2011). "Ur ilskan växte årets stora succé". Sydsvenskan.
5. "Jimmy Durmaz ska underlätta flytt – kan skaffa turkiskt pass". Fotbolltransfers. 20506.
6. https://www.la-croix.com/Religion/Orthodoxie/Jimmy-Durmaz-chretien-dOrient-equipe-Suede-football-2017-06-09-1200853643
7. "Malmö FF – AC Milan". everysport.com (in Swedish). Everysport. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
8. "Durmaz skrev på för Genclerbirligi: "Vågar inte vänta"". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
9. "Jimmy Durma(z)'dı geldi". genclerbirligi.org.tr (in Turkish). Gençlerbirliği. 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
10. "Sweden International Jimmy Durmaz Arrives in Istanbul Ahead of Completing Galatasaray Move". Turkish Football. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
11. Παίκτης του Ολυμπιακού ο Ντουρμάζ (in Greek), 22 August 2014, retrieved 22 August 2014
12. "Durmaz thrilled by Malmö return with Olympiacos". UEFA. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
13. Durmaz keen on Olympiakos stay Archived 1 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 January 2015
14. Jimmy Durmaz (Olympiakos) en route pour Toulouse Retrieved 20 August 2016
15. Toulouse : l'international suédois Jimmy Durmaz a signé Retrieved 20 August 2016
16. "Durmaz stars as Toulouse take down Rennes". www.ligue1.com. 26 August 2017.
17. "Jimmy Durmaz Galatasaray'da" (in Turkish). Galtasaray. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
18. "AKHISARSPOR VS. GALATASARAY 0 - 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
19. "Debuten som gav Durmaz mersmak". sydsvenskan.se (in Swedish). Sydsvenskan. 8 February 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
20. "Landslaget blir himmelsblågult: "Vi är stolta"". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). Fotbollskanalen. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
21. https://www.svd.se/2100-svenska-startelvan-har-kommit
22. http://www.goal.com/en-gb/amp/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb
23. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Players - Jimmy DURMAZ - Jimmy Durmaz - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
24. "World Cup 2018: Germany revive World Cup hopes with late winner over Sweden". BBC Sport. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
25. "World Cup 2018: Sweden's Jimmy Durmaz says racial abuse 'passed limit'". BBC Sport. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
26. Hatstormen mot Durmaz fanns inte fplus.se. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
27. "Jimmy Durmaz » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
28. "Jimmy DURMAZ - Football : la fiche de Jimmy DURMAZ - Coupe du monde 2018". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 27 June 2018.
29. "Jimmy Durmaz". svenskfotboll.se. Swedish Football Association. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
30. "Jimmy Durmaz". European Football. 30 June 2018.
31. "Jimmy Durmaz". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
32. "Trophies". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2019.

External links

• Jimmy Durmaz – UEFA competition record
• Jimmy Durmaz – FIFA competition record
• Malmö FF profile (in Swedish)
• Jimmy Durmaz at SvFF (in Swedish)
• Jimmy Durmaz at Soccerway