Kasey Wehrman
 Wehrman with Newcastle Jets in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kasey Desmond Wehrman | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth |
Cloncurry , Australia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Defensive Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Ull/Kisa (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Acacia Ridge | |||
| Mount Isa | |||
| 1995 | QAS | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 |
Brisbane Strikers | 49 | (6) |
| 1999–2001 |
Perth Glory | 47 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Moss | 37 | (4) |
| 2003–2007 | Lillestrøm | 81 | (2) |
| 2007–2009 | Fredrikstad | 46 | (4) |
| 2009 |
→ Lyn (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 |
Newcastle Jets | 37 | (0) |
| 2013 | Western Pride FC | 4 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 1997 |
Australia U-20 | 6 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 |
Australia U-23 | 20 | (2) |
| 1998–2006 |
Australia | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2014 | Western Pride | ||
| 2015 | Strømmen (assistant) | ||
| 2016 |
Ørn Horten | ||
| 2018 | Strømmen IF (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Fredrikstad (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Strømmen IF | ||
| 2024– | Ull/Kisa | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kasey Wehrman (born 16 August 1977) is an Australian
Club career
Born in
Perth Glory
in 1999, where he helped the club win the Minor Premiership in his first season.
With two seasons in Perth, Wehrman sought a move overseas, and after successful trials in Norway, he signed with
Lillestrøm where he featured for the next four seasons, before transferring to Fredrikstad
in 2007.
On 31 August he signed a loan deal with
Newcastle Jets, returning to Australia after eight years abroad.[4] After speaking out publicly against the Jet's coach Gary van Egmond, Wehrman's was taken out of the squad, and never took to the field for the Jets again.[5]
International career
Wehrman was capped 11 times for the
Australian national team including unofficial and official international games making his debut in 1998 against Fiji in Brisbane
.
He was a surprise inclusion for a friendly match against Ghana in November 2006 after having been overlooked for the previous 5 years.
National team statistics
Australia national team
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 12 | 0 |
Coaching career
On 25 October 2012 it was announced he had accepted the head coach position at the newly formed
Australian Premier League Queensland Conference.[6] He resigned in July 2014 to return home to Norway after two seasons at Ipswich.[7]
On 15 December 2021, Wehrman was named head coach of Norwegian side
Ull/Kisa ahead of the 2024 season.[9]
Honours
Club
Brisbane Strikers:
- NSL Championship: 1996-1997
Country
- Australia
- OFC U-20 Championship: 1997
Individual
- NSL Under-21 Player of the Year: 1996-1997
- PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2010–11
References
- ^ "KASEY WERHMAN KLAR SOM HOVEDTRENER". Ullensaker/Kisa (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Australian Indigenous Olympians" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee website. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Cockerill, Michael (18 August 2006). "Inspirational indigenous duo flies the flag for football". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
Since then, part-indigenous players Frank Farina and Kasey Wehrman have played for their country
- ^ "Jets land former Qantas Socceroo". Newcastle United Jets FC. 8 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 February 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Motorsport Video |Motorsport Highlights, Replays, News, Clips".
- ^ "Kasey's pride for Ipswich". Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ Lems, David (15 July 2014). "Wehrman to end two-year association with Western Pride". Warwick Daily News. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "Kacey Wehrman blir ny hovedtrener". Strømmen IF. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Kasey Wehrman klar som hovedtrener" (in Norwegian). Ull/Kisa. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
External links
- Newcastle Jets profile
- (in Norwegian) Fredrikstad FK profile
- KaseyWehrman at Aussie Footballers
- Kasey Wehrman at National-Football-Teams.com
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