Emre Demir

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Emre Demir
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Personal information
Full name Emre Demir
Date of birth (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004 (age 18)
Place of birth Mersin, Turkey
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Kayserispor
Number 14
Youth career
2010–2012 Mersin
2012–2019 Kayserispor
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Kayserispor 29 (1)
National team‡
2016 Turkey U14 3 (1)
2017–2018 Turkey U15 11 (5)
2018–2019 Turkey U16 14 (0)
2019 Turkey U17 8 (0)
2021– Turkey U19 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 January 2022

Emre Demir (born 15 January 2004) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Süper Lig club Kayserispor. He will join Spanish side Barcelona B in July 2022.

Professional career[]

Demir started playing football with his local club Mersin at the age of 6, and moved to Kayserispor 2 years later. As a youth talent, he attended trials at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain.[1]

On 18 January 2019, Demir signed his first professional contract with Kayserispor aged 15.[2] One week after his 15th birthday, Demir made his professional debut with Kayserispor in a 0-0 Turkish Cup tie with Akhisarspor on 22 January 2019, playing the final three minutes of the match.[3] He became the youngest goalscorer in Süper Lig history when he scored against Gençlerbirliği S.K. on 9 November 2019, aged 15 years and 299 days.

On 23 September 2021, FC Barcelona announced an agreement with Kayserispor to sign Demir for the 2022–23 season for a fee of 2 million euros. Demir will join Barcelona's reserve side.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ FutbolArena (8 November 2017). "Kayserispor'da Emre Demir". FutbolArena.
  2. ^ Mynet. "İstikbal Mobilya Kayserispor Emir Demir ile sözleşme imzaladı". Mynet Spor.
  3. ^ "AKHİSARSPOR İSTİKBAL MOBİLYA KAYSERİSPOR - Maç Detayları TFF". www.tff.org.
  4. ^ "Barcelona sign 17-year-old Turkish prodigy Emre Demir". Marca. 23 September 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2021.

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