Player profile

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Merih Demiral · #264 overall
Quiet · Heat 21 · Defenders
Fan totals + per-90 · No seasonal row in tracked leagues
No seasonal row in tracked leagues — check recent matches below.
Season rates refresh weekly · peer percentiles from league cohorts · match log ~6h after FT.
Injury & sideline log · current status + two-year history
Currently sidelined
Match Injury · injury
Since Apr 2026 · return TBD
Unknown Injury
flu
Sept 2025 – Sept 2025
Muscle injury
Mar 2025 – Mar 2025
29 days out recorded in last 2 years
Status clears when return date has passed or the daily injury sync marks the player fit · not medical advice.
Estimated market value over time
€14.0M
+27900% over window
RT estimated values · updated every few days · may lag breaking news by one revision.
Documented moves (12 on record) · "Fee not public" = transfer fee was not reported
Atalanta→Al Ahli
Aug 2023 · 23/24
Juventus→Atalanta
Jul 2022 · 22/23
Atalanta→Juventus
Jun 2022 · 21/22
Juventus→Atalanta
Aug 2021 · 21/22
W/D/L from your club's score · match rating when Sportmonks supplies it
No logged appearances this season in our tracked competitions yet.
W/D/L uses final score for the player's club that day. Match rows sync within ~6h · ratings may lag on some PL fixtures (Sportmonks column drift) · event minutes ~1h.
Demiral has carved out a peculiar niche in the Pro League: a centre-back who contributes to his side's attack with the conviction of a midfielder and the efficiency of a poacher. His aerial dominance is the headline—top 5% for aerials won puts him among the most physically imposing defenders in the division—yet the counterintuitive truth is that his real value lies in what happens after he wins those duels. His passing accuracy of 91.2% and passes into the final third ranking in the top 20% reveal a ball-player hiding inside a bruiser's frame. The goalscoring numbers—top 10%—are genuinely rare for a defender at this level.
Based on 1,272 min this season · DNA refreshes weekly.
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Merih Demiral's per-90 DNA and four looks — built for the group chat in about a minute.
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Stylistic matches, not just the same position. Shortlist before the argument starts.
See DNA alternatives →Sassuolo→Juventus
Jul 2019 · 19/20
Alanyaspor→Sassuolo
Jul 2019 · 19/20
Sassuolo→Alanyaspor
Jun 2019 · 18/19
Alanyaspor→Sassuolo
Jan 2019 · 18/19
Sporting CP→Alanyaspor
Jan 2019 · 18/19
Alanyaspor→Sporting CP
Jan 2019 · 18/19
Sporting CP→Alanyaspor
Aug 2018 · 18/19
Club not on file→Sporting CP
Jul 2018 · 18/19
Youth loans and friendlies may be missing · club names matched from RT team directory.