Kaizer Chiefs will kick off the 2025/26 Betway Premiership season with a new team captain.
After Yusuf Maart’s notable absence from the Netherlands’ pre-season training camp, Kaizer Chiefs announced the 29-year-old’s move to Austria’s SV Ried.
The move comes just a few weeks after the Atlantis-born midfielder and the club agreed on a two-year contract extension.
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After seven goals and eight assists in 95 games for Amakhosi, the Soweto giants have said goodbye to the player known as “Yusie.”
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“Midfielder, Yusuf Maart has left Amakhosi to join newly-promoted Austrian Football Bundesliga outfit, SV Ried,” Kaizer Chiefs said.
“The 29-year-old joined Chiefs from Sekhukhune United in July 2022, making his debut away to Royal AM the following month, and featured in 95 matches in the Gold & Black in all competitions, scoring seven times, including the winning goal in last season’s Nedbank Cup Final.
“The erstwhile skipper also weighed in with eight assists in his three seasons at Naturena. The Club appreciates Maart’s contribution to Kaizer Chiefs and wishes him well in this new chapter in his career,” the club concluded.
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