Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989), formerly known as Jimmy Touma, is a Swedish professional

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who plays as a winger for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük. He began his career at

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and moved in 2008 to

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, where he won the

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title in 2010. He had two seasons each with Gençlerbirliği of Turkey and

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a numbe ...

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

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and the

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Early life

Durmaz was born in

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, into a Syriac family of the

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faith. His father Semun is a Turkish-Syriac who migrated to Sweden from

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in southeastern

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, while his mother is a Lebanese-Syriac.

Club career

Malmö FF

Touma came to Malmö FF from

in July 2008. He made his

debut on 14 July 2008 against

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. 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. 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

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During his time with the Ankara based side, Durmaz scored 11 times and provided six assists in 61 league appearances.

Olympiacos

After two seasons in Turkey, Durmaz signed for Greek Super League club

Durmaz in August 2014. He scored his first goal for the club with a close-range effort against OFI Crete on 14 September. His first hat-trick came in an 8-0 win over

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in a Greek Cup game on 29 January 2015.

Toulouse

Durmaz moved to

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club

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in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million. On 26 August 2017, Durmaz scored two goals (both of them

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) in Toulouse's 3–2 Ligue 1 home win over

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to bring his

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goal tally to three and improve on the two Ligue 1 goals he scored in the whole of the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season.

Galatasaray

On 2 July 2019, Durmaz joined reigning

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champions

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on a free transfer after his contract with Toulouse ran out. He signed on a three-year deal, earning 6 million

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for the first season, increasing by a million in each subsequent campaign. Durmaz made his debut for the club in the

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on 7 August 2019, playing 81 minutes in their 1–0 win over Akhisar.

Loan to Fatih Karagümrük

On 2 October 2020, he signed a loan agreement with Fatih Karagümrük, one of the Super League teams.

International career

Durmaz made his debut for

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on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against

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. 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. Durmaz represented Sweden at

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. He was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the

in Russia, but only made one appearance in the tournament, coming on as a substitute against

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in the group stage. After conceding a last-minute free kick in the game, from which Toni Kroos scored to beat Sweden 2–1, Durmaz was subjected to

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and threats of violence on social media. Expert analysis found that the most abusive posts were almost all bot generated, rather than from genuine users.

Career statistics

Club

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year International goals ''Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first.''

Honours

Malmö *

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Olympiacos *

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: 2014–15, 2015–16 * Greek Cup: 2014–15 Galatasaray *

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Individual *

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: 2016

References

External links

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Malmö FF profile
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