Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989), formerly known as Jimmy Touma, is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Turkish club Fatih Karagümrük. 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.
![]() Durmaz with Sweden in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jakup Jimmy Durmaz[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1989-03-22) 22 March 1989 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Örebro, Sweden | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Fatih Karagümrük | ||
Number | 10 | ||
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) |
2019–2021 | Galatasaray | 12 | (0) |
2020–2021 | → Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 30 | (3) |
2021– | Fatih Karagümrük | 36 | (1) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2010 | Sweden U21 | 8 | (0) |
2011–2019 | Sweden | 49 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:14, 03 September 2022 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:42, 25 September 2021 (UTC) |
Durmaz was born in Örebro, into a Syriac family of the Syriac Orthodox faith.[3] His father Semun is a Turkish-Syriac who migrated to Sweden from Midyat in southeastern Turkey, while his mother is a Lebanese-Syriac.[4]
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.[5] 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.
In June 2012, Durmaz signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği S.K.[6][7] During his time with the Ankara based side, Durmaz scored 11 times and provided six assists in 61 league appearances.[8]
After two seasons in Turkey, Durmaz signed for Greek Super League club Olympiacos Durmaz in August 2014.[9] He scored his first goal for the club with a close-range effort against OFI Crete on 14 September.[10] His first hat-trick came in an 8-0 win over Tyrnavos in a Greek Cup game on 29 January 2015.[11]
Durmaz moved to Ligue 1 club Toulouse in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million.[12][13] 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.[14]
On 2 July 2019, Durmaz joined reigning Süper Lig champions Galatasaray S.K. on a free transfer after his contract with Toulouse ran out.[8] He signed on a three-year deal, earning 6 million Turkish lira for the first season, increasing by a million in each subsequent campaign.[15]
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.[16]
On 2 October 2020, he signed a loan agreement with Fatih Karagümrük, one of the Super League teams.[17]
Durmaz made his debut for Sweden on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against Cyprus.[18] 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.[19]
Durmaz represented Sweden at Euro 2016.[20]
He was named in Sweden's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia,[21] but only made one appearance in the tournament, coming on as a substitute against Germany in the group stage.[22][23] 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.[24] Expert analysis found that the most abusive posts were almost all bot generated, rather than from genuine users.[25]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
BK Forward | 2005 | Division 2 Norra Svealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2006 | Division 1 Norra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
2007 | Division 1 Norra | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
2008 | Division 1 Norra | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 2 | |||
Total | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 4 | ||||
Malmö FF | 2008 | Allsvenskan | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | ||
2009 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2010 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 2 | |||
2011 | Allsvenskan | 27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — | 42 | 4 | ||
2012 | Allsvenskan | 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 | Süper Lig | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 6 | |||
Total | 61 | 11 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 65 | 11 | ||||
Olympiacos | 2014–15 | Super League Greece | 19 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 27 | 5 | |
2015–16 | Super League Greece | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 7 | ||
2016–17 | Super League Greece | 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 | Ligue 1 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4 | ||
2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 4 | |||
Total | 83 | 9 | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 90 | 11 | |||
Galatasaray | 2019–20 | Süper Lig | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
2020–21 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | ||
Fatih Karagümrük (loan) | 2020–21 | Süper Lig | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 |
Total | 30 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
Career total | 355 | 50 | 27 | 4 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 405 | 55 |
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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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 |
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1. | 23 January 2012 | Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
2. | 12 October 2014 | Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying |
3. | 9 June 2017 | Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Malmö[31]
Olympiacos[31]
Galatasaray[31]
Individual
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