| Alper Demirol | |
| Fullname: | Alper Emre Demirol |
| Birth Date: | 1 October 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Height: | 1.84m[1] |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Hammarby IF |
| Youthclubs1: | Hammarby IF |
| Youthclubs2: | Djurgårdens IF |
| Youthyears3: | –2019 |
| Youthclubs3: | IF Brommapojkarna |
| Youthyears4: | 2020–2021 |
| Youthclubs4: | Hammarby IF |
| Years1: | 2022– |
| Clubs1: | Hammarby IF |
| Caps1: | 29 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs2: | → Hammarby TFF |
| Caps2: | 6 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2024 |
| Clubs3: | → Degerfors (loan) |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022– |
| Nationalteam1: | Sweden U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 10 July 2024 |
| Ntupdate: | 21 November 2022 |
Alper Emre Demirol (born 1 October 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Hammarby IF.[2]
Born and raised in Stockholm, Demirol played youth football with Hammarby IF, Djurgårdens IF and IF Brommapojkarna.[3] In 2021, he was part of Hammarby's U19 squad that finished second in the Swedish championship, after a 2–1 loss to IFK Göteborg in the national final.[4]
On 26 February 2022, Demirol made his competitive debut for Hammarby's senior team, in a 6–1 away in against Ytterhogdals IK in Svenska Cupen, the main domestic cup.[5] On 22 July the same year, after making three substitute appearances in Allsvenskan, Demirol signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Hammarby running until the end of 2024.[6]
In November 2022, Demirol was called up to the Swedish under-21's for the first time, ahead of two friendlies against Denmark and Azerbaijan, and went on to appear in both matches.[7] [8] [9]
His older brother Onur "Bolulu" Demirol is professional League of Legends player for LCS team Immortals.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Hammarby TFF | 2022 | Ettan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| Hammarby IF | 2022 | Allsvenskan | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 35 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||