Kasey Wehrman facts for kids
Wehrman with Newcastle Jets in 2010
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| Full name | Kasey Desmond Wehrman | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Cloncurry, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Defensive Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Ull/Kisa (manager) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acacia Ridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Isa | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | QAS | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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) | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Australia U-20 | 6 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Australia U-23 | 20 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2006 | Australia | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012–2014 | Western Pride | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Strømmen (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Ørn Horten | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Strømmen IF (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Fredrikstad (assistant) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Strømmen IF | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Ull/Kisa | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kasey Wehrman (born August 16, 1977) is an Australian footballer who is now a coach. He is currently the head coach for a Norwegian team called Ull/Kisa. Kasey has Indigenous Australian heritage.
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Kasey Wehrman's Club Career
Kasey Wehrman was born in Cloncurry, Australia. He showed great talent as a young player at the Queensland Academy of Sport.
Early Career in Australia
Kasey signed with the National Soccer League club Brisbane Strikers. He was a key player when they won the championship in the 1996–97 season. During that time, he was named the Under 21 Player of the Year.
After playing four seasons with the Strikers, he moved to Perth Glory in 1999. He helped Perth Glory win the Minor Premiership in his first season with them.
Playing Overseas in Norway
After two seasons in Perth, Kasey wanted to play football overseas. He had successful trials in Norway and then signed with Moss. He quickly became a regular player in the team's midfield.
When Moss was moved down to a lower league in 2002, Kasey signed with Lillestrøm. He played for Lillestrøm for the next four seasons. In 2007, he moved to Fredrikstad.
On August 31, 2009, he joined Lyn on a loan deal for the season. In October 2009, there were reports that Kasey might move to Preston North End as a free agent.
Return to Australia
On April 8, 2010, it was announced that Kasey Wehrman had signed a two-year deal with the Newcastle Jets. This meant he was returning to Australia after playing overseas for eight years. Due to disagreements with the coach, he stopped playing for the Jets.
Kasey Wehrman's International Career
Kasey Wehrman played 11 times for the Australian under-20 team. He also played many times for the main Australian national team. This included both unofficial and official international games.
His first game for the senior team was in 1998 against Fiji in Brisbane. He was surprisingly chosen to play in a friendly match against Ghana in November 2006. This was after he had not been selected for the team for the previous five years.
National Team Statistics
| Australia national team | ||
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| 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 |
Kasey Wehrman's Coaching Career
On October 25, 2012, it was announced that Kasey had accepted the head coach position at a new football club called Western Pride. This club would play in the Australian Premier League Queensland Conference.
He left the club in July 2014 to go back home to Norway after two seasons as coach in Ipswich. On December 15, 2021, Wehrman was named head coach of the Norwegian team Strømmen IF. He was then hired by Ull/Kisa to be their coach for the 2024 season.
Honours and Awards
As a Player
Brisbane Strikers
- NSL Championship: 1996-1997
Australia
- OFC Nations Cup: runner-up 1998
- AFC–OFC Challenge Cup: runner-up 2001
- OFC U-20 Championship: 1997
Individual Awards
- NSL Under-21 Player of the Year: 1996-1997
- PFA A-League Team of the Season: 2010–11
