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Yussuf Saleh

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Yussuf Saleh
Personal information
Full name Yussuf Yassin Saleh
Date of birth (1984-03-22) 22 March 1984 (age 40)
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 Yassin Saleh (Amharic: ዩሱፍ ያሲን ሳላህ; born 22 March 1984) is an Ethiopian footballer who plays as a left winger for Rinkeby United.

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

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Yussuf 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

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Yussuf 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

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AIK

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References

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  1. ^ "Yussuf Saleh". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Yussuf Saleh". Football-lineups.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Yussuf Saleh lånas ut 2010" (in Swedish). Aikfotboll.se. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Allsvenskan, herrar Matchinformation: AIK - IF Elfsborg" (in Swedish). Svenskfotboll.se. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Yussuf Saleh lånas ut" (in Swedish). Aikfotboll.se. 24 March 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  6. ^ "Yussuf Saleh och Ismail Lawal klara för Syrianska FC" (in Swedish). Syrianskafc.com. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  7. ^ Andreas Hanson (18 November 2012). "Saleh uttagen till landslag: "Jättestolt"" (in Swedish). Lt.se. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Nations Cup 2013: Ethiopia name squad". BBC Sport. 2 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Champions St.George dominate Ethiopia AFCON squad". Ethiosports.com. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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