Muhammet Demir

Muhammet Demir — Biography

Muhammet Demir (born 10 January 1992 in Araklı, Trabzon) is a Turkish international footballer who plays as a striker and stands 1.75 m tall. His family moved to Karadeniz Ereğli in Zonguldak when he was five; spotted for his performances on his school team, he was signed at age twelve and moved to Bursaspor in 2005.

Demir signed his first professional contract with Bursaspor in 2007 and made his Süper Lig debut against Gaziantepspor on 24 May 2009, mostly playing for the reserve side in 2009-10, the season Bursaspor won its first Süper Lig title. After moving to Gaziantepspor in 2011, he broke into the first team once Abdullah Ercan took over as coach, scoring two goals and an assist on his first start in October 2011. He went on to Trabzonspor (2016), Sivasspor (2017) and İstanbul Başakşehir (2019); on loan from Başakşehir at Gaziantep FK, he had his most productive season in 2020-21, with 15 goals and 5 assists in 31 league matches. He signed for Konyaspor in 2022 before returning in 2024 to his boyhood club Bursaspor, where he captained the side to a Lig 3 title, scored his 100th career goal in December 2025, ended that season early with a meniscus injury, and parted ways with the club in May 2026.

Demir represented Turkey at every youth level from under-15 to under-19 and was his squad's top scorer at the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup; he made his senior national team debut against the Czech Republic on 10 October 2014.