- Youssouf Hersi
Infobox Football biography
playername = Youssouf Hersi
fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|8|20
cityofbirth =Dire Dawa
countryofbirth =Ethiopia
height = Height|m=1.73
position =Midfielder
currentclub =FC Twente
clubnumber = 17
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2004
2004–2005
2005–2007
2007–
clubs = Ajax
NAC
NEC
sc HeerenveenVitesse FC Twente
caps(goals) =009 0(0)
033 0(3)
061 0(9)
009 0(0)
061 (15)
002 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Netherlands U20
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Youssouf Hersi (born
20 August 1982 inDire Dawa ) is a Dutch football player ofEthiopia n origin who currently plays forFC Twente . He began his career with Ajax, before moving onto NAC. OnJanuary 16 ,2007 it was revealed that Hersi had signed a three-year contract withFC Twente , which started onJuly 1 ,2007 .International career
Hersi played with the Dutch U-20 team at the
FIFA World Youth Championship in 2001, but was never capped for the Netherlands.Hersi was once asked about possibly joining the Ethiopian team in 2005, and Hersi indicated that he would be keen to do so, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/4237185.stm|title=Hersi keen on Ethiopia|publisher=
BBC News ] but he would never play for his native country. This was due to nationality transfer regulations in the newFIFA statutes, which came into force in 2004. The statutes allowed players under the age of 21 who never played for a senior national football team to change the nationality of the senior team, subject that the player has some "relations" to the "new" nation. A provision clause which would expire 12 months after the statutes came to in force in 2004 also allowed players over 21 to apply for a nationality transfer, provided they never played in the senior team of another nation. After this provision expired, players over 21 were only allowed to represent the senior team of the country they represented in youth level. Hersi was over 21 when this provision expired, and since he hadn't made the move to Ethiopia, he was only allowed to play for the Netherlands.References
External links
* [http://www.vi.nl.kpnis.nl/Spelers/Speler/YoussoufHersi.htm Profile at VI.nl]
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