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 Malaysian club Negeri Sembilan the Palestine national team.
![]() Islame playing for Chile U18 in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yashir Islame Pinto | ||
Date of birth | (1991-02-06) 6 February 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Santiago, Chile | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Negeri Sembilan | ||
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) |
National team‡ | |||
2009 | Chile U18 | 5 | (8) |
2010 | Chile U19 | 2 | (1) |
2010–2011 | Chile U20 | 24 | (8) |
2016– | Palestine | 19 | (7) |
*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.
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.
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]
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 [es], a Chilean former professional footballer.[7]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 29 March 2016 | Dora International Stadium, Hebron, Palestine | ![]() | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2. | 4–0 | |||||
3. | 22 March 2017 | Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
4. | 13 June 2017 | Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
5. | 5 September 2017 | Changlimithang Stadium, Thimphu, Bhutan | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
6. | 20 November 2018 | Wuyuan River Stadium, Haikou, China | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
7. | 31 December 2018 | Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
Colo-Colo
Melaka United
Coquimbo Unido
Palestine squad – 2019 AFC Asian Cup | ||
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