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 winger for Thai League 1 club Police Tero.

Yashir Islame
Islame playing for Chile U18 in 2009
Personal information
Full nameYashir Islame Pinto
Date of birth (1991-02-06) 6 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birthSantiago, Chile
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)Winger
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008–2012Colo-Colo14(0)
2010–2011Ñublense (loan)14(3)
2012FC Edmonton (loan)21(3)
2013Lota Schwager9(4)
2014Barnechea15(5)
2014Újpest0(0)
2015–2018Curicó Unido26(11)
2016Melaka United (loan)9(4)
2017Perak TBG (loan)19(5)
2018Coquimbo Unido12(6)
2019–2020PKNP21(3)
2020Barito Putera3(0)
2021Rangers1(0)
2021–2022Khon Kaen United29(4)
2022Negeri Sembilan14(2)
2023Universidad de Concepción16(2)
2023–2024Trat13(1)
2024Police Tero (loan)12(1)
International career
2009Chile U185(8)
2010Chile U192(1)
2010–2011Chile U2024(8)
2016–2019Palestine18(6)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ 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.[citation needed]

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.[citation needed]

In 2022 he joined the team Negeri Sembilan FC on a free transfer. He has helped the team secure fourth place in the Malaysia Super League in 2022. He has made 14 appearances and scored 2 goals during his time with Negeri Sembilan FC.[citation needed]

In the first half of 2023, he played for Universidad de Concepción in the Chilean second division. In June of the same year, he left the team to move to Thailand.[3] In the second half of 2023, he signed with Thai League 1 side Trat FC.[4][5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

Personal life

He is of Palestinian descent through his maternal grandfather.[8] In 2018 he officially reordered the sequence of his last names (Pinto Islame to Islame Pinto), while suppressing his second forename (Armando).[9]

Islame is the younger brother of Amed Pinto [es], a Chilean former professional footballer.[10]

Career statistics

International

Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first.[11]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.29 March 2016Dura International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine  East Timor3–07–02018 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