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Merih Demiral
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Karamürsel, Turkey
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
 Juventus
Number 28
Youth career
2009–2011 Karamürsel Idmanyurduspor
2011–2016 Fenerbahçe
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 AC Alcanenense 12 (0)
2017–2018 Sporting B 29 (0)
2018–2019 → Alanyaspor (loan) 16 (1)
2019 Alanyaspor 0 (0)
2019 → Sassuolo (loan) 14 (2)
2019 Sassuolo 0 (0)
2019– Juventus 0 (0)
International career‡
2014–2015 Turkey U17 7 (1)
2015 Turkey U18 2 (0)
2015–2016 Turkey U19 10 (1)
2018– Turkey U20 9 (0)
2016– Turkey U21 13 (0)
2018– Turkey 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:30, 6 July 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2019

Merih Demiral (born 5 March 1998) is a Turkish footballer who plays as a defender for Italian club Juventus.

Club career

Early years

Demiral made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Sporting B on 5 February 2017 in a game against Famalicão.[2]

On 15 August 2018, he joined Turkish club Alanyaspor on loan.[3] On 29 January 2019, he permanently joined Alanyaspor for €3.5 million.[4] On 30 January 2019, joined Italian Serie A club Sassuolo on loan with an obligation to buy.[5]

Juventus

On 5 July 2019, Juventus officially announced the transfer of Demiral from Sassuolo, on a five-year contract for €18 million.[6] His salary was reportedly unfolded as €1.3 million per annum.[7]

International career

Demiral represented Turkey at junior levels, including Under-17 and Under-19. He made his debut for the senior squad on 20 November 2018 in a friendly against Ukraine, as an 85th-minute substitute for Mert Müldür.[8]

Career statistics

As of 4 April 2019

Season Team League Domestic Cup Continental Other Total
Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Comp Apps Goals Apps Goals
2016-2017 Portugal Alcanenense CP 12 0 TdP 1 0 - - - - - - 13 0
2017 Portugal Sporting CP B SL 3 0 - - - - - - - - - 3 0
2017-2018 SL 26 0 - - - - - - - - - 26 0
Total Sporting CP B 29 0 - - - - - - 29 0
2017-2018 Portugal Sporting CP PL - - TdP+TdL 1+0 0 UCL+UEL - - - - - 1 0
2018-2019 Turkey Alanyaspor SL 16 1 TK 0 0 - - - - - - 16 1
2019 Italy Sassuolo A 14 2 CI 0 0 - - - - - - 14 2
2019-2020 Italy Juventus A 0 0 CI 0 0 UCL 0 0 SI 0 0 0 0
Career Total 63 3 2 0 - - - - 65 3

References

  1. ^ "Merih Demiral".
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 5 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Hoşgeldin Merih Demiral!" [Welcome to Merih Demiral!]. Alanyaspor. 15 August 2018.
  4. ^ Hürriyet.de-Redaktion, Anil P. Polat Stellvertretender Chefredakteur GazeteFutbol (31 January 2019). "Deadline-Day: GazeteFutbols Transferticker".
  5. ^ "UFFICIALE: Sassuolo, arriva Demiral in prestito con obbligo di riscatto" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Official: Merih Demiral is Bianconero!". Juventus F.C. 5 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019. The Turkish defender joins Juventus from Sassuolo: he will be a Bianconeri until 30 June 2024. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |curly= and |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ "Merih Demiral'ın Juventus'taki maaşı belli oldu" (in Turkish). Sözcü. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |curly= and |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ "Turkey v Ukraine game report". ESPN. 20 November 2018.


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