Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yusuf Mersin[1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 September 1994||
Place of birth | Greenwich, England | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Mickleover | ||
Youth career | |||
Millwall | |||
2011–2014 | Liverpool | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | Kasımpaşa | 0 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Crawley Town | 10 | (0) |
2019–2021 | Dover Athletic | 17 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Maidstone United | 27 | (0) |
2023 | → Welling United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2023–2024 | H&W Welders | ||
2024– | Mickleover | ||
International career‡ | |||
2010 | Turkey U16 | 2 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Turkey U17 | 5 | (0) |
2012 | Turkey U18 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:20, 4 May 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 December 2017 |
Yusuf Mersin (born 23 September 1994) is a professional footballer who plays for Mickleover as a goalkeeper. Born in England, he represented Turkey at youth international level.
Born in London,[3] Mersin moved from Millwall to Liverpool in January 2011.[4][5][6]
He signed for Kasımpaşa in August 2014,[7] before returning to England with Crawley Town in June 2016.[8] He was offered a new contract by Crawley at the end of the 2017–18 season.[9] On 9 May 2019, Mersin was released by Crawley after making 19 appearances for the club.[10]
On 20 May 2019, Mersin joined National League side Dover Athletic on a two-year contract.[11] He made his debut for the club on 19 October in the FA Cup 4th qualifying round, a 2–1 victory over National League South side Weymouth[12] and made his league debut the following week in a 1–0 defeat to Stockport County, being caught out from 45 yards for the only goal of the match.[13] Following the arrival of Charlton Athletic loanee Ashley Maynard-Brewer, in February 2020 Mersin was placed on the transfer list by Dover.[14] Following's Dover's decision to not play any more matches in the 2020–21 season, made in late January, and subsequent null and voiding of all results, on 5 May 2021 it was announced that Mersin was out of contract and had left the club.[15]
He signed for Maidstone United in November 2021,[16] making his debut as a substitute in February 2022 after first-choice goalkeeper Tom Hadler was sent off.[17]
In March 2023, he joined Welling United on a two-week emergency loan deal.[18] He was released by Maidstone at the end of the 2022–23 season.[19]
In July 2023 he signed for H&W Welders in Northern Ireland.[20] In March 2024 he returned to England, signing for Mickleover.[21]
He has represented Turkey at under-17 and under-18 youth international levels.[8]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Crawley Town | 2016–17[22] | League Two | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 10 | 0 |
2017–18[23] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2018–19[24] | League Two | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
Dover Athletic | 2019–20[25] | National League | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
2020–21[26] | National League | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[b] | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Total | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
Maidstone United | 2021–22 | National League South | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2022–23 | National League | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
Welling United (loan) | 2022–23 | National League South | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 56 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 69 | 0 |