Amine Chermiti

Mohamed Amine Chermiti (Arabic: محمد أمين الشرميطي‎; born 26 December 1987) is a Tunisian footballer who plays as a Striker.

Amine Chermiti
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Amine Chermiti[1]
Date of birth (1987-12-26) 26 December 1987
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 (0)
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)
National team‡
2005–2007 Tunisia U-21 10 (7)
2008– Tunisia 35 (6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 04:39, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 November 2017

Club career

Chermiti has been 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 Etoile's superb performance in the 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 7 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 as they won 1–0 against Kerala Blasters.

International career

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

International goals
Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first.[7]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.2 June 2007Stade Olympique de Radès, Radès, Tunisia Seychelles4–04–02008 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.20 August 2008Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia Angola1–01–1Friendly
3.9 January 2010Stade El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia Gambia1–21–2Friendly
4.21 January 2010Estádio Nacional da Tundavala, Lubango, Angola Cameroon1–02–22010 Africa Cup of Nations
5.10 October 2010Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Togo2–12–12012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
6.9 January 2012Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Sudan3–03–0Friendly

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. Amine Chermiti at National-Football-Teams.com
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