Alper Demirol

Alper Emre Demirol (born 1 October 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Hammarby IF in Allsvenskan.[1]

Alper Demirol
Personal information
Full name Alper Emre Demirol
Date of birth (2002-10-01) 1 October 2002
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 34
Youth career
Hammarby IF
Djurgårdens IF
0000–2019 IF Brommapojkarna
2020–2021 Hammarby IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022– Hammarby IF 18 (0)
2022 → Hammarby TFF (res.) 5 (0)
International career‡
2022– Sweden U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2022

Early life

Born and raised in Stockholm, Demirol played youth football with Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF and IF Brommapojkarna.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6][7][8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 9 May 2023[9]
Club Season League National Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Hammarby TFF 2022 Ettan 5000—50
Hammarby IF 2022 Allsvenskan 13020—150
2023 505000100
Career total 2307000300

Notes
  1. Includes Svenska Cupen

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