Alper Emre Demirol (born 1 October 2002) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Turkish TFF 1. Lig club Vanspor F.K.
Born and raised in Stockholm, Demirol played youth football with Hammarby IF, DjurgÃÂ¥rdens IF and IF Brommapojkarna. In 2021, he was part of Hammarby's U19 squad that finished second in the Swedish championship, after a 2âÂÂ1 loss to IFK Göteborg in the national final.
On 26 February 2022, Demirol made his competitive debut for Hammarby's senior team, in a 6âÂÂ1 away in against Ytterhogdals IK in Svenska Cupen, the main domestic cup. On 22 July the same year, after making three substitute appearances in Allsvenskan, Demirol signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Hammarby running until the end of 2024.
In November 2022, Demirol was called up to the Swedish under-21's for the first time, ahead of two friendlies against Denmark and Azerbaijan, and went on to appear in both matches.
His older brother Onur "Bolulu" Demirol is professional League of Legends player for LCS team Immortals.