5 Facts You Didn’t Know About Kermit Erasmusi

Kermit Erasmusi currently plays for 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. Here are 5 facts you didn’t know about Kermit Erasmusi.

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. On 10 July 2010 it was announced that Erasumus would be returning to South Africa to rejoin Supersport United after failing to make the grade at Feyenoord. 11 days after his return, Erasmus made his second debut for Supersport United and scored what was described as a “sensational strike” in an MTN 8 loss against Moroka Swallows.
4. Erasmus represented South Africa at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt and scored three goals throughout the course of the tournament.
5. Erasmus was called up to the senior squad for the first time in March 2008 for South Africa’s friendly against Zimbabwe. In doing so, he was in line to break the record then-held by former captain Aaron Mokoena and become South Africa’s youngest ever full international.