Amine Chermiti ( ar, أمين الشرميطي; born 26 December 1987) is a Tunisian professional

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who plays as a striker.

Club career

Chermiti has been mentioned as one of the African players of the year due to his performance in the

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, 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 Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

and played his first match for them the following day in the first round of the

German Cup The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesliga. It is considered ...

. On 11 August 2009, Chermiti was loaned to

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n top club

Al-Ittihad Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد "The Union"), sometimes transliterated as Al-Etihad or Al-Ettihad may refer to: Sports Football Libya *Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli), a football club based in Bab Ben Gashier * Al Ittihad Gheryan, a football club bas ...

for one year and returned on 30 June 2010. On 5 July 2010, Chermiti signed a four-year contract with

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until summer 2014. On 29 January 2016, Chermiti signed with

Gazélec Ajaccio Gazélec Football Club Ajaccio ( co, Gazélec Football Club Aiacciu), commonly referred to as GFC Ajaccio, GFCA, Gazélec Ajaccio or simply Gazélec (), is a French football club from Ajaccio, Corsica. Founded in 1960, Gazélec plays in the Champ ...

on a one-year contract, with an option for a further year. 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

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club

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. He started in their opening game, and scored the winning goal as they won 1–0 against

Kerala Blasters Kerala Blasters Football Club (), commonly referred to as The Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of football in India. The club was established i ...

International career

He was a member of the

Tunisia national football team The Tunisia national football team ( ar, منتخب تونس لكرة القدم; ) represents Tunisia in men's international association football. The team is a member of both FIFA and CAF, the Confederation of African Football. It is governe ...

Personal life

Chermiti's cousin Youssef Chermiti is a Portuguese professional footballer.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Tunisia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Chermiti goal''.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chermiti, Mohamed Amine 1987 births Living people People from Sfax Sportspeople from Tunis Tunisian footballers Association football forwards Tunisia international footballers 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players 2010 Africa Cup of Nations players 2012 Africa Cup of Nations players 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players Saudi Professional League players Kuwait Premier League players Étoile Sportive du Sahel players Hertha BSC players Ittihad FC players FC Zürich players Al-Arabi SC (Kuwait) players JS Kairouan players Al-Fayha FC players Tunisian expatriate footballers Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in India Expatriate footballers in India Tunisian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate footballers in Kuwait