Yussuf Yassin Saleh (Amharic: ዩሱፍ ያሲን ሳላህ; born 22 March 1984) is an Ethiopian footballer who plays as a left winger for Rinkeby United.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yussuf Yassin Saleh | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Solna, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Rinkeby United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Råsunda IS | |||
| AIK | |||
| FC Inter Orhoy | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Hässelby SK FF | 32 | (10) |
| 2007–2008 | Vasalunds IF | 28 | (11) |
| 2008 | → Ciudad de Murcia (loan) | 30 | (10) |
| 2008–2011 | AIK | 14 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Syrianska FC (loan) | 46 | (3) |
| 2012 | Syrianska FC | 24 | (1) |
| 2013 | FC Tobol | 10 | (1) |
| 2014 | Syrianska FC | 10 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | IK Sirius | 3 | (0) |
| 2015 | AFC United | 14 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Vasalunds IF | 17 | (4) |
| 2019 | FOC Farsta | 10 | (1) |
| 2019–2021 | Hallonbergens IF | ||
| 2022– | Rinkeby United | ||
| International career | |||
| 2012–2014 | Ethiopia | 16 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:10, 14 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Yussuf was originally an attacking midfielder but later a left-winger.[2][better source needed] He has previously played for Hässelby SK FF, Vasalunds IF, Ciudad de Murcia and AIK.
Career
editYussuf was playing in the Swedish third tier with Vasalunds IF when he was signed by Stockholm club AIK in the summer of 2008.[3] He made his Allsvenskan debut against IF Elfsborg on 10 August that same year.[4] Yussuf became Swedish champion with AIK in 2009, but the following year he was sent out on loan to nearby Superettan club Syrianska FC because he needed to play more games to continue his development.[3] During his loan, Yussuf helped the club get promoted to Allsvenskan for the first time ever and the next year he returned on loan to play with them again, this time at the highest level of the Swedish football league system.[5] After his contract with AIK expired he signed a one-year deal with Syrianska for the 2012 season.[6] In 2013, he completed a transfer to Kazakhstan side FC Tobol.On 1 August. 2017 he join his old club Vasalunds IF.
International career
editYussuf was born in Sweden to Ethiopian parents and in 2012 he was called in to represent Ethiopia in the 2012 edition of CECAFA hosted in Uganda.[7] He was named in the Ethiopian squad for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[8][9]
Honours
editAIK
editReferences
edit- ^ "Yussuf Saleh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ^ "Yussuf Saleh". Football-lineups.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Yussuf Saleh lånas ut 2010" (in Swedish). Aikfotboll.se. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Allsvenskan, herrar Matchinformation: AIK - IF Elfsborg" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Yussuf Saleh lånas ut" (in Swedish). Aikfotboll.se. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Yussuf Saleh och Ismail Lawal klara för Syrianska FC" (in Swedish). Syrianskafc.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ Andreas Hanson (18 November 2012). "Saleh uttagen till landslag: "Jättestolt"" (in Swedish). Lt.se. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ^ "Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad". BBC Sport. 2 January 2013.
- ^ "Champions St.George dominate Ethiopia AFCON squad". Ethiosports.com. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
External links
edit- Yussuf Saleh at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
- Yussuf Saleh at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-12-08) at aikfotboll.se (in Swedish)
- Yussuf Saleh at National-Football-Teams.com
- Yussuf Saleh on Twitter
- Yussuf Saleh at Soccerway
- Yussuf Saleh at Fotbolltransfers
