Well, wouldn't you know it, Youssef Chermiti is our topic today. He was brought into this football-crazed world on the 24th of May in 2004, making him a ripe old age of 21. Born in sunny Portugal, he was destined to play a role in the tragically beautiful stage of football, you can thank the Portuguese brethren for that. A massive fellow, standing at 6 feet 3 inches (1.92m for those fond of metric systems), and weighing a solid 13 stone 3 lbs (that's 84kg according to the pocket calculator), he primarily plays as a forward, striking fear in defenders and exciting his club's supporters, if 'exciting' is what you'd call it. A proud bearer of the number 9, his jersey often located in hostilities called the 'opponent’s penalty box' when not adorning hangers in commercial shops.
Peering into the tedious affair of how much footballers cost today, our Monsieur Chermiti clocks in around a cool £7 million. That's from the words of our friends at Transfermarkt, so don't blame me if your outrage thermometer is climbing a tad too high.
Back in the hazy days of July 2016, Sporting CP, in their infinite wisdom, took him under their wing as a trainee. During his debut season of 2022 - 2023, he pranced onto the field 16 times and even managed to pop in three goals. In August 2023, he was lured over to Everton for a hefty sum of £11 million. But alas, he was reduced to making only 22 first team appearances spread across two painfully average seasons in the land of fish and chips.
In September 2025, Rangers, bless their hearts, showed faith in the lad and saw fit to liberate him from the mundane existence at Everton, forking out £8 million for the privilege. As the 2025 - 2026 season stands, Chermiti has been given the nod 11 times, managing to snatch a respectable yet hardly earth-shattering two goals.
In the game of musical chairs that is the League Cup 2025 - 2026, he started once and sat out the start only once, while spending a sum total of six appearances for Rangers in the cruel mistress that is the Europa League 2025 - 2026. So, really, not the worst career trajectory we've seen, but certainly plenty of room for improvement. But what do I know? I just write about football.
