Yashir Islame

Yashir Islame Pinto[1] (Arabic: ياسر إسلامي بينتو; born Yashir Armando Pinto Islame, 6 February 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a right winger for club Universidad de Concepción and the Palestine national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pinto and the second or maternal family name is Islame.
Yashir Islame
Islame playing for Chile U18 in 2009
Personal information
Full name Yashir Islame Pinto
Date of birth (1991-02-06) 6 February 1991
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Universidad de Concepción
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2012 Colo-Colo 14 (0)
2010–2011 → Ñublense (loan) 14 (3)
2012 → FC Edmonton (loan) 21 (3)
2013 Lota Schwager 9 (4)
2014 Barnechea 15 (5)
2014 Újpest 0 (0)
2015–2018 Curicó Unido 26 (11)
2016 → Melaka United (loan) 9 (4)
2017 → Perak TBG (loan) 19 (6)
2018 Coquimbo Unido 12 (6)
2019–2020 PKNP 21 (3)
2020 Barito Putera 3 (0)
2021 Rangers 0 (0)
2021–2022 Khon Kaen United 23 (4)
2022 Negeri Sembilan 14 (2)
2023– Universidad de Concepción
International career‡
2009 Chile U18 5 (8)
2010 Chile U19 2 (1)
2010–2011 Chile U20 24 (8)
2016– Palestine 18 (6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2019

Born in Chile, Islame represented his native country at youth level between 2009 and 2011. He switched allegiance to Palestine in 2016, when he made his senior debut.

Club career

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]

On 14 July 2021, he signed for newly promoted Khon Kaen United.

In 2022 he joined the team Negeri Sembilan FC on a free transfer. Has been with the team for half a year and has become a key player throughout 2022. He has helped the team secure fourth place in the Malaysia Super League in 2022. It is an impressive achievement as the team has just been promoted from the Malaysia Premier League in the previous year and had shocked the other Malaysia Super League teams as Negeri Sembilan FC was considered an underdog team. He has made 14 appearances and scored 2 goals during his time with Negeri Sembilan FC.

International career

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]

Personal life

He is of Palestinian descent through his maternal grandfather.[5] In 2018 he officially reordered the sequence of his last names (Pinto Islame to Islame Pinto), while suppressing his second forename (Armando).[6]

Islame is the younger brother of Amed Pinto, a Chilean former professional footballer.[7]

Career statistics

International
Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.[8]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2016Dura 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 China1–11–1Friendly

Honours

Colo-Colo

Melaka United

Coquimbo Unido

References
  1. "- Palestino orgulloso: Yashir Pinto reordenó sus apellidos y desde hoy se llama Yashir Islame". RedGol.cl.
  2. "- NASL".
  3. "Selección chilena viajó a México con Yashir Pinto como principal novedad".
  4. AS, Diario (29 March 2016). "Palestina goleó con dobletes de Yashir Pinto y Cantillana - Fútbol - AS Chile".
  5. Niño, Enrique (14 September 2010). "Yashir, el mini Pinilla de la Roja Sub 20". Las Últimas Noticias. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  6. González, Christian (29 November 2018). "Yashir Pinto adopta apellido palestino y pasa a llamarse Yashir Islame". La Tercera. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. "Los jugadores de Osorno llegan a un acuerdo con los dirigentes y hoy viajan a Santiago". SoyChile (in Spanish). 12 May 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  8. "Pinto, Yashir". National Football Teams. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
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