Youssouf Hersi
Nation: Netherlands
Birthplace: Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Squad Number: 17
Position: Right Wing
Contract Details: 1 Year Initial Contract. Signed 1 year extension on 5/2/2013 with likely end date of March 2014.
Previous Club: De Graafschap
Wanderers Debut: 6th October 2012 vs Central Coast Mariners
A-League Goals: 8
ACL Appearances: 5
Total Goals: 8
Individual Awards: WestSydneyFootball.Com Player Of The Year (2012/13), A-League All Star (2012/13).
Team Honours: A-League Premiership Winner (2012/13).
Highlight: Provided an assist with a cross for the Wanderers first ever goal by Mark Bridge against Brisbane Roar in Round 4, Season 2012/13 on 27/10/2012.
Highlight: Received the first ever red card to a Wanderer, a straight red for kicking out towards Scott Jamieson of Perth Glory in Round 7, Season 2012/13 on 18/11/2012.
Highlight: Scored the first ever Wanderers goal in a Sydney Derby in Round 11, season 2012/13 on 15/12/2012.
Description: A journeyman winger with extensive experience in the Dutch leagues. Hersi started the pre-season slowly but with more match fitness and time to adjust to the league he become one of the key performers for the Wanderers in their inaugural season. His absence from the Wanderers squad is an immediate boost to the opposition. His second season was less of an impact in terms of goals scored, but he was still a key player in attack. He left the club after 2013/14 to join Perth Glory.
wendybr
StringerBellend, on 22 May 2015 - 8:29 PM, said:
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2015/05/22/troubled-glory-grants-hersi-early-release
Perth Early Release
Not so much with a bang, but with a whimper
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Rated the duo of Jerome & Youssouf immensely seasons one & two, but we all know what has happened since they were split up & went to different clubs. Has to be said that putting aside the salary cap issues the fact that Popa let both go and they've not done much since then with the Roar or Perff shows TP's awareness of team dynamics and the importance of combinations.
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StringerBellend
Your spot on about the value of the combination, With hersi and Polenz we killed teams down that side.
This is what annoyed me most about the Perth salary cap rort. We largely had to give that up so we could keep under salary cap. Hersi signing for Perth "under" the gap set the alarm bells going for me.
I'd take Polenz back, full back has been our biggest weakness this season. Not just defensively but so much of our attack came from full backs overlapping in s1 and s2.
Centre Backs playing fullbacks doesn't work, see Golec getting slaughtered in the home ACL game v Seoul
hersi's value was pressing when we don't have the ball He would do this amble round a few metres from the ball, then all of sudden bolt straight at the opposition player who was in possession.
Edited May 23, 2015 by StringerBellend
Prydzopolis and Alexander reacted to this
A lot of talk around about Hersi changing his social media images back to Wanderers gear. I wouldn't read into it any other than he is a free agent and can post whatever pics he likes for now.
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Neverbloom
i would read into it because that's how i roll and as a lot of people do i must read into everything
welcome back Hersi
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DinoPresinger
Most likely they're the most recent photos of him actually playing
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Sime11
what if you want to look into it?
Rale Rasic coming back as Socceroos coach:
#PutsTheOldKitOnAndRumoursFly
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Two great Youssouf Goals from the 2013/14 A-League season
Anyone know what he's been doing after his injury at Perth?
wendybr reacted to this
Had a quick look online as I was organising these two videos and he looks to have dropped off the planet. Shame he's gone from rooster to feather duster in 1.5 seasons.
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Reckon popa should replay that ono cross to neville over and over until he picks it up?
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nmh94
Reports on Fox Sports that he is about to sign with CCM.
Can see it now...
"So, Mr Charlesworth...my salary. Um, I asked the Wanderers for $500,000 and they..."
He's been keeping fit at a Dutch club. I assume it's one of his old ones
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Hmmm...perhaps we can have a yarn about the ex-player factor at WSW, with a special focus on Hersi & Saba later today
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Call my cynical, but I suspect he's playing on minimum wages so he can qualify for Australian citizenship.
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wanderersfanatic
Amid the mooted hysteria of Luis Garcia's first A-League appearance for Central Coast, former Western Sydney fan favourite Youssouf Hersi will slip into Gosford for a medical.
Source: AAP
21 JAN 2016 - 12:03 PM UPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Hersi flies in from Holland on Sunday and, pending approval from club doctors, will sign with the Mariners until the end of this season with a view to stay longer.
Chief executive Shaun Mielekamp said if all goes well he expects Hersi to be available for Saturday week's away match with Wellington.
"We've got to go through the medical and get through that part, then we're currently working through until the back end of this season and potentially next season," Mielekamp told AAP.
Hersi made his A-League name playing an integral role in the Wanderers' history-making inaugural season, though he was suspended for their grand final appearance.
Mielekamp expected the 33-year-old winger to add valuable experience to coach Tony Walmsley's young squad, which will also benefit from the leadership of newly arrived former Liverpool star Garcia.
The main concern would be whether he has fully recovered from the hamstring tear that hampered his time at Perth last season.
Hersi has been training with a club in Holland since the Glory released him in May after only eight appearances.
http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2016/01/21/hersi-undergo-mariners-medical