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Jimmy Durmaz an Aramean football player in the national team of Sweden is talking about his Aramaic roots.

Jakup Jimmy Durmaz (born 22 March 1989), formerly known as Jimmy Touma, is a Swedish footballer, playing for Toulouse. He was born in Örebro, into an Aramean family that are members of the Syriac-Orthodox Church. His father migrated from Midyat in southeastern Turkey. And his mother came from Beirut, Lebanon. He began playing for BK Forward in his early teens.

Touma came to Malmö FF from BK Forward in July 2008. He made his Allsvenskan debut on 14 July 2008 against Hammarby IF. Prior to the 2009 season, he decided to switch his surname to Durmaz. His breakthrough came in the 2010 league winning season when he started in 15 games and played 27. Durmaz scored the opening goal against A.C. Milan in an exhibition game on 14 August 2011. Durmaz continued to the play regularly for the club during the 2011 season and finished the season with 27 league matches played and four goals scored.

In June 2012 Durmaz signed a three-year contract with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği S.K. Greek Superleague club Olympiacos signed Durmaz in August 2014. Durmaz moved to Ligue 1 club Toulouse in August 2016, for a fee in the region of €2.5 million.

Durmaz made his debut for Sweden on 8 February 2011 in a friendly game against Cyprus. Durmaz was selected for the annual training camp for the Sweden national team in January 2012. The squad selection for the camp traditionally feature the best Swedish players in domestic and other Scandinavian leagues. In May 2018 he was named in Sweden’s 23 man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.