Yusuf Demir

Yusuf Demir (born 2 June 2003) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Swiss Super League club Basel, on loan from Galatasaray and the Austria national team.

Early life
Yusuf Demir was born on 2 June 2003, in Vienna, Austria, to Turkish parents, with his family roots in Trabzon, Turkey.

Rapid Wien
On 26 May 2019, Demir signed a professional contract with Rapid Wien. Demir made his professional debut with Rapid Wien in a 3–0 league win over Admira on 14 December 2019. On 15 September 2020, Demir scored a goal for Rapid Wien in 2–1 defeat against Gent in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round, at 17 years, three months and 13 days old, to become the youngest Austrian scorer since Gerd Wimmer in 1994, aged 17 years, ten months and 27 days.

Barcelona
In July 2021, Barcelona announced the signing of Demir on a season-long loan from Rapid Wien for €500,000, with an option to make the move permanent in the future for a further €10 million, but if the player reached ten appearances the club would be obligated to activate it.

On 23 August, 2021, Demir made his competitive debut against Athletic Bilbao. He came on as a replacement for Martin Braithwaite after 61 minutes, becoming Barça's youngest foreign debutant since Lionel Messi (aged 17 years and 114 days) who did so in 2004.

On 31 August 2021, Demir was registered by Barcelona to play in La Liga as a first-team player after he was previously set to be registered in the reserves. He was handed the number 11 jersey that was previously held by Ousmane Dembélé.

On 13 January 2022, the loan was terminated, and Demir returned to Austria.

Galatasaray
On 8 September 2022, he signed a 4-year contract with Galatasaray. It has been announced that a transfer fee of €6,000,000 will be paid to the player's former team, Rapid Wien.

Demir became the champion in the Süper Lig in the 2022–23 season with the Galatasaray team. Defeating Ankaragücü 4-1 away in the match played in the 36th week on 30 May 2023, Galatasaray secured the lead with 2 weeks before the end and won the 23rd championship in its history.

Basel (loan)
In the statement made by Galatasaray on 16 August 2023, it was announced that Demir was loaned to Swiss team Basel for 1 year. Basel confirmed the deal the same evening. He joined Basel's first team for their 2023–24 season under head coach Timo Schultz. Demir played his domestic league debut for the club in the home game in the St. Jakob-Park on 3 September as Basel played a 2–2 draw with Zürich. He scored his first goal for his new team in the Swiss Cup second round away game on 16 September. He scored in the 33rd minute and it was the team's third goal, as Basel went on to win 8–0 against amateur club FC Bosporus, to qualify for the next round.

Demir was forced to watch the team's last five league games in that calendar year, due to a torn muscle fiber in his calf, suffered during Austria's U-21 0–0 draw against North Macedonia U-21 mid November.

International career
Demir is a youth international for Austria. He debuted for the senior Austria national team in a 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification win over the Faroe Islands on 28 March 2021.

Honours
Galatasaray
 * Süper Lig: 2022–23