Jimmy Durmaz

Jimmy Durmaz
Durmaz with Sweden in 2019
Personal information
Full name Jakup Jimmy Durmaz
Date of birth (1989-03-22) 22 March 1989
Place of birth Örebro, Sweden
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Östertälje FC
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)
2020–2021Fatih Karagümrük (loan) 29 (3)
2021–2022 Fatih Karagümrük 45 (1)
2023 AIK 19 (0)
2024 Gençlerbirliği 12 (0)
2025 Etimesgutspor 8 (0)
2026– Östertälje FC 0 (0)
Total 438 (51)
International career
2009–2010 Sweden U21 8 (0)
2011–2019 Sweden 49 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

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 Super League Greece titles and one Greek Football Cup.

A full international between 2011 and 2019, Durmaz won 49 caps for Sweden and scored 3 times. He was part of their squads for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.