Kermit Erasmus
Erasmus in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Kermit Romeo Erasmus | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Port Elizabeth, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker, Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Lens (on loan from Rennes) | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rangers (South Africa) | |||
| Park United | |||
| Supersport United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2008 | Supersport United | 10 | (1) |
| 2008–2010 | Feyenoord | 4 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Excelsior (loan) | 30 | (12) |
| 2010–2013 | Supersport United | 57 | (14) |
| 2013–2016 | Orlando Pirates | 65 | (17) |
| 2016– | Rennes | 10 | (0) |
| 2017– | → Lens (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2006–2007 | South Africa U-17 | 7 | (6) |
| 2008–2010 | South Africa U-20 | 8 | (4) |
| 2010– | South Africa | 11 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 February 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2014 |
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Kermit Romeo Erasmus (born 8 July 1990) is a South African professional footballer who currently plays for Lens on loan from Ligue 1 club Rennes and the South African national football team. Though currently based in France, Erasmus has spent most of his career between South Africa and the Netherlands.
Erasmus was groomed by, and graduated from the SuperSport Feyenoord Academy (now SuperSport United Youth Academy) to join Feyenoord but remained at Supersport United on trial for 2007–08 season. During the campaign, Erasmus made 10 appearances and scored once as Supersport clinched their first ever PSL title.
On 29 May 2008 Eredivisie side Feyenoord announced the signing of Erasmus on a three-year deal from South African affiliate-club Supersport United and handed him the no. 15 jersey for the 2008-09 season. He made only four appearances for the Rotterdam club during the campaign and in July 2009 it was announced Erasmus would be loaned to satellite club Excelsior in the Eerste Divisie for the following season. Erasmus, together with compatriot Kamohelo Mokotjo and six other Feyenoord players were loaned to Excelsior as a result of a new partnership between the two Rotterdam-based clubs.
Erasmus made his debut for Excelsior on 8 August and netted a late, headed equalizer in a 2-2 draw Telstar. By the conclusion of the season, Erasmus had netted 12 goals in 30 appearances whilst on loan at Excelsior. He would not return to Feyenoord, however, and the no.15 jersey he had previously worn was handed to Mokotjo for the upcoming season. During his time in the Netherlands Erasmus was nominated for the 2009 CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year award but lost out in the end to Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah.
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