Yashir Islame

Yashir Armando Islame Pinto[1] (formerly known as Yashir Armando Pinto Islame) (born 6 February 1991) is a Chilean-born Palestinian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for the Palestine national team.

Yashir Pinto
Pinto playing for Chile U18 in 2009
Personal information
Full name Yashir Armando Pinto Islame
Date of birth (1991-02-06) 6 February 1991
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Colo-Colo 14 (0)
2010–2011Ñublense 14 (3)
2012FC Edmonton (loan) 21 (3)
2013 Lota Schwager 9 (4)
2014 A.C. Barnechea 15 (5)
2015 Újpest FC 0 (0)
2015–2016 Curicó Unido 22 (11)
2016 Melaka United 9 (4)
2017 Perak TBG 19 (6)
2018 Curicó Unido 4 (0)
2018 Coquimbo Unido 12 (6)
2019–2020 PKNP 21 (3)
2020 Barito Putera 3 (0)
National team
2009 Chile U18 5 (8)
2010 Chile U19 2 (1)
2010–2011 Chile U20 24 (8)
2016– Palestine 19 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 February 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Professional

He was born Santiago, Chile. Islame made his professional debut in Primera División de Chile on 28 June 2008 in an away match against Deportes Melipilla where Colo-Colo won 2–0. His first goal was against Fernandez Vial in the Colo-Colo victory of 4–2 in a match corresponding to the 2008 Copa Chile.

On 24 February 2012, Islame was loaned to FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League on a season-long loan.[2]

National team

Islame was included in the Chile squad that played against Mexico in the Estadio Azteca on 16 May 2010, replacing the injured Esteban Paredes.[3]

In 2016, while playing in Curicó Unido, Islame made his debut for the Palestinian national team. He was selected in Palestine's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Timor-Leste on 29 March 2016. Islame scored two goals in his debut.[4]

International goals

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.[5]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2016Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine Timor-Leste3–07–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
2.4–0
3.22 March 2017Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar Yemen1–01–0Friendly
4.13 June 2017Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine Oman2–02–12019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
5.5 September 2017Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan Bhutan1–02–02019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
6.20 November 2018Wuyuan River Stadium, Haikou, China China PR1–11–1Friendly
7.31 December 2018Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar Kyrgyzstan1–21–2Friendly

Personal

He is of Palestinian descent through his maternal grandfather.[6]

Honours

Colo-Colo

Melaka United

Coquimbo Unido

References

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