Yusuf Mersin
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yusuf Mersin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 23 September 1994[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Greenwich, England | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[3] | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Runcorn Linnets | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2024–2025 | Mickleover | 48 | (0) |
| 2025–2026 | Hyde United | 24 | (0) |
| 2026 | → Runcorn Linnets (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2026– | Runcorn Linnets | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Turkey U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Turkey U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2012 | Turkey U18 | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:59, 14 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 December 2017 | |||
Yusuf Mersin (born 23 September 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Northern Premier League Division One West club Runcorn Linnets. 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]
In May 2025, Mersin joined Northern Premier League Premier Division side Hyde United, [22] and went on to play 33 matches in all competitions for the club.[23] On 12 February 2026, he transferred to Runcorn Linnets of the NPL Division One West, following a brief loan spell there the previous month.[24]