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Merih Demiral
Merih Demiral is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli and the Turkey national team.
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sports · Turkish footballer (born 1998) · association football player · also Merih Demiral, Demiral
Born 5 March 1998 · Q29047921
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2026· 4 entries
Public attention spiked: 7,125 Wikipedia readers in one day, 23.2× the usual 307, with 0 article edits.
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Won: AFC Champions League Elite with Al-Ahli (2025–26).
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Public attention spiked: 7,175 Wikipedia readers in one day, 23.4× the usual 307, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: International Stat update
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2025· 3 entries
Won the Saudi Super Cup with Al-Ahli (2025).
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Won: AFC Champions League Elite with Al-Ahli (2024–25).
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Won: Saudi Super Cup with Al-Ahli (2025).
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2024· 6 entries
New York Post: Turkey’s Merih Demiral gets two-game UEFA ban for nationalist gesture
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ESPN: Euro 2024: Turkey's Demiral gets 2-game ban for celebration
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The New York Times: Turkey’s Merih Demiral handed two-game suspension for ‘wolf salute’ celebration
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Yahoo! Sports: Euro 2024: UEFA investigating after Turkey’s Merih Demiral makes far-right hand gesture in win over Austria
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nytimes.com: Turkey’s Merih Demiral investigated by UEFA over ‘inappropriate gesture’ against Austria
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CNN: Merih Demiral scores twice as Turkey advances to Euro 2024 quarterfinals with victory over Austria in frenzied atmosphere
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2023· 2 entries
CNN: Turkish soccer player Merih Demiral teams up with Ronaldo, Messi and Mbappé for Turkey earthquake fundraiser
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Played for Al Ahli FC (2023) — 70 appearances, 4 goals.
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2022· 3 entries
Played for Atalanta BC (2022–2023) — 28 appearances, 1 goals.
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Joined Atalanta in 2022.
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On 20 April 2022, Demiral and his wife became the parents of a son and made this public a month after the birth.
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2021· 5 entries
Won the Italian Coppa Italia with Juventus (2020-2021).
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Won: Coppa Italia with Juventus (2020–21).
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Merih Demiral married the Albanian model Heidi Lushtaku in 2021.
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Joined Atalanta in 2021.
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Played for Atalanta BC (2021–2022) — 28 appearances, 1 goals.
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2020· 4 entries
Won the Italian Serie A with Juventus (2019-2020).
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Won the Italian Supercoppa Italiana with Juventus (2020).
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Won: Supercoppa Italiana with Juventus (2020).
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Won: Serie A with Juventus (2019–20).
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2019· 3 entries
Played for US Sassuolo Calcio (2019–2019) — 14 appearances, 2 goals.
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Played for Juventus FC (2019–2022) — 21 appearances, 1 goals.
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Joined Sassuolo in 2019.
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2018· 5 entries
Won: Taça da Liga with Sporting CP (2017–18).
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Third place: Toulon Tournament with Turkey U20 (2018).
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Played for Turkey national under-20 football team (2018–2018) — 5 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Alanyaspor (2018–2019) — 16 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for Turkey men's national football team (2018) — 63 appearances, 6 goals.
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2017· 3 entries
Played for Sporting CP B (2017–2017) — 3 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Sporting CP in 2017.
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Played for Sporting CP B (2017–2018) — 26 appearances, 0 goals.
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2016· 3 entries
Played for Turkey national under-21 football team (2016–2018) — 13 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Atlético Clube Alcanenense (2016–2017) — 12 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Fenerbahçe S.K. U21 (2016–2016) — 7 appearances, 0 goals.
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2015· 2 entries
Played for Turkey national youth football team (2015–2015) — 2 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Turkey national under-19 football team (2015–2017) — 10 appearances, 1 goals.
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2014· 1 entry
Played for Turkey national under-17 football team (2014–2015) — 7 appearances, 1 goals.
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2011· 1 entry
Joined Fenerbahce in 2011.
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1998· 1 entry
Born 1998-03-05.
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