Yusuf Demir

Yusuf Demir (Turkish: [juˈsuf deˈmiɾ]; born 2 June 2003) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray and the Austria national team.

Yusuf Demir
Demir with Austria U17 in 2018
Personal information
Full name Yusuf Demir[1]
Date of birth (2003-06-02) 2 June 2003
Place of birth Vienna, Austria
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Galatasaray
Number 30
Youth career
2010–2013 First Vienna
2013–2019 Rapid Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Rapid Wien II 11 (1)
2019–2022 Rapid Wien 42 (7)
2021–2022 → Barcelona (loan) 9 (0)
2022– Galatasaray 5 (0)
International career‡
2018 Austria U15 5 (5)
2018–2019 Austria U17 14 (9)
2022 Austria U19 4 (1)
2020– Austria U21 6 (1)
2021– Austria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:39, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:39, 4 August 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Early life

Yusuf Demir was born on 2 June 2003, in Vienna, Austria, to Turkish parents, with his family roots in Trabzon, Turkey.[2][3][4]

Rapid Wien

On 26 May 2019, Demir signed a professional contract with Rapid Wien.[5] Demir made his professional debut with Rapid Wien in a 3–0 league win over Admira on 14 December 2019.[6] On 15 September 2020, Demir scored a goal for Rapid Wien in 2–1 defeat against Gent in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, at 17 years, three months and 13 days old, to become the youngest Austrian scorer since Gerd Wimmer in 1994, aged 17 years, ten months and 27 days.[7]

Barcelona

In July 2021, Barcelona announced the signing of Demir on a season-long loan from Rapid Wien for €500,000, with an option to make the move permanent in the future for a further €10 million, but if the player reached ten appearances the club would be obligated to activate it.[8]

On 23 August, 2021, Demir made his competitive debut against Athletic Bilbao. He came on as a replacement for Martin Braithwaite after 61 minutes, becoming Barça's youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi (aged 17 years and 114 days) did so in 2004.[9]

On 31 August 2021, Demir was registered by Barcelona to play in La Liga as a first-team player after he was previously set to be registered in the reserves.[10] He was handed the number 11 jersey that was previously held by Ousmane Dembélé.[11]

On 13 January 2022, the loan was terminated, and Demir returned to Austria.[12]

Galatasaray

On 8 September 2022, he signed a 4-year contract with Galatasaray.[13] It has been announced that a transfer fee of €6,000,000 will be paid to the player's former team, Rapid Wien.[14]

International career

Demir is a youth international for Austria. He debuted for the senior Austria national team in a 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over the Faroe Islands on 28 March 2021.[15]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 15 May 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rapid Wien II 2018–19 Austrian Regionalliga East 20———20
2019–20 91———91
Total 111———111
Rapid Wien 2019–20 Austrian Bundesliga 6000——60
2020–21 256215[lower-alpha 1]2—329
2021–22 111102[lower-alpha 2]0—131
Total 4273172—5110
Barcelona (loan) 2021–22 La Liga 60003[lower-alpha 3]00090
Career total 59831102007111
  1. One appearance and one goal in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 9 October 2021[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 202140
Total40

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 29 de agosto de 2021, en Barcelona" [Minutes of the Match held on 29 August 2021, in Barcelona] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  2. Sarigul, Emre (30 March 2019). "Man City & Man United Scout 15-Year-Old Forward Yusuf Demir". Turkish Football. Retrieved 8 August 2021. Demir was born in Vienna but is an ethnic Turk with his family roots in Trabzon, Turkey.
  3. Özdemir, Burak (9 July 2021). "Avusturya'ya kaptırdığımız mücevher: Yusuf Demir". Goal.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 August 2021. Son yıllarda birçok yetenekli futbolcu çıkaran Avusturya futbolunda son günlerde en çok konuşulan isimlerin başında bir Türk geliyor.
  4. Betancourt, Claudio (10 July 2021). "Yusuf Demir, the 'perla' that Bangladesh did not know to appreciate". FC Barcelona Noticias. Retrieved 8 August 2021. The Turkish youngster did not know to be valued by the teams of his country, whereas Austria has received it and even has formed part of the absolute selection.
  5. "Yusuf Demir bis 2022 Rapidler!". SK Rapid.
  6. "Admira vs. Rapid Wien - 14 December 2019 - Soccerway". ca.soccerway.com.
  7. "Rapid-Juwel Demir schreibt Europacup-Geschichte". krone.at (in German). 15 September 2020.
  8. "Agreement with SK Rapid Vienna for loan of Yusuf Demir". FC Barcelona. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  9. "Yusuf Demir: 'An honour to play for this beautiful club'". fcbarcelona.com. FC Barcelona. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. "Yusuf Demir LaLiga Santander". La Liga. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  11. "FC Barcelona shirt numbers confirmed for 2021/22". fcbarcelona.com. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  12. "Agreement to terminate Yusuf Demir loan". FC Barcelona. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  13. "Galatasaray'a hoş geldin Yusuf Demir!". Galatasaray S.K. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  14. "Yusuf Demir Galatasaray'da!". Galatasaray S.K. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  15. "Match Report of Austria vs Faroe Islands - 2021-03-28 - WC Qualification". Global Sports Archive. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  16. "Yusuf Demir". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
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