Emre Demir

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.

Emre Demir
Personal information
Full name Emre Demir
Date of birth (2004-01-15) 15 January 2004
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

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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