Amine Chermiti

Amine Chermiti
Chermiti with Hertha BSC in 2009
Personal information
Full name Amine Chermiti[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth Sfax, Tunisia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
2002–2005 JS Kairouan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Kairouan 10 (12)
2006–2008 Étoile Sahel 37 (20)
2008–2010 Hertha BSC 10 (0)
2009–2010 → Ittihad Jeddah (loan) 14 (7)
2010–2015 FC Zürich 110 (30)
2016 Gazélec Ajaccio 9 (0)
2016–2017 Al Arabi 28 (16)
2017–2019 ES Sahel 30 (7)
2019 Al-Fayha 7 (0)
2019–2020 Mumbai City 16 (6)
International career‡
2005–2007 Tunisia U-21 10 (7)
2007–2015 Tunisia 39 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 04:39, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 November 2017

Amine Chermiti (Arabic: أمين الشرميطي; born 26 December 1987) is a Tunisian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

Chermiti was mentioned as one of the African players of the year due to his performance in the African Champions League, where he scored eight goals in the tournament. He is credited for Étoile Sahel's superb performance in the CAF Champions League.

On 6 August 2008, he officially transferred to Hertha BSC[2] and played his first match for them the following day in the first round of the German Cup. On 11 August 2009, Chermiti was loaned to Saudi Arabian top club Al-Ittihad for one year[3] and returned on 30 June 2010.[4]

On 5 July 2010, Chermiti signed a four-year contract with FC Zürich[5] until summer 2014.

On 29 January 2016, Chermiti signed with Gazélec Ajaccio on a one-year contract, with an option for a further year.[6]

He then signed for Saudi Arabian club Al-Fayha in January 2019, and played seven games in the season without scoring.

In August 2019, he signed for Indian Super League club Mumbai City FC. He started in their opening game, and scored the winning goal in a 1–0 victory against Kerala Blasters.

International career

He was a member of the Tunisia national football team.[7]

Personal life

Chermiti's cousin Youssef Chermiti is a Portuguese professional footballer.[8]

Career statistics

Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chermiti goal.[7]
List of international goals scored by Amine Chermiti
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 June 2007 Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia  Seychelles 4–0 4–0 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 20 August 2008 Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia  Angola 1–0 1–1 Friendly
3 9 January 2010 Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia  Gambia 1–2 1–2 Friendly
4 21 January 2010 Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola  Cameroon 1–0 2–2 2010 Africa Cup of Nations
5 10 October 2010 Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo  Togo 2–1 2–1 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6 9 January 2012 Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Sudan 3–0 3–0 Friendly

References

  1. ^ "A. Chermiti". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Amine Chermiti: Der Kleine kommt zurück" (in German). tagesspiegel.de. 12 November 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Hertha BSC: Amine Chermiti auf Leihbasis nach Saudi-Arabien" (in German). berlin-aktuell.de. 13 August 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  4. ^ "FCZ pokert um Amine Chermiti" (in German). Basler Zeitung. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Amine Chermiti unterschreibt bis Sommer 2014" (in German). FC Zürich. 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Amine Chermiti, en Rouge et Bleu (in French)". gfca-foot.com. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b Amine Chermiti at National-Football-Teams.com
  8. ^ "[Expatriés] : Qui est Youssef Ramalho Chermiti ?".