Alper Demirol

Alper Demirol — Biography

Alper Emre Demirol is a central midfielder who was born and raised in Stockholm and holds both Swedish and Turkish citizenship. He made it to the top level of football at Hammarby, then moved to Turkey and played for clubs such as Vanspor and Fatih Karagümrük.

As a youth he came through the academies of Hammarby, Djurgården and Brommapojkarna. In 2021 he was in Hammarby's U19 squad that reached the Swedish championship final and finished runner-up after a 2-1 loss to IFK Göteborg. His first competitive match for the senior team came on February 26, 2022, in a 6-1 away win over Ytterhogdals IK in the Swedish Cup. He made three substitute appearances in Allsvenskan and on July 22, 2022, signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Hammarby running to the end of 2024.

In November 2022 he was called up to the Sweden under-21 national team for the first time and played in both friendlies, against Denmark and Azerbaijan. He later moved to Turkey, and in 2025-26 he was in the squad of Süper Lig side Fatih Karagümrük.