Yashir Pinto

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pinto and the second or maternal family name is Islame.
Yashir Pinto

Pinto playing for Chile U18 in 2009
Personal information
Full name Yashir Armando Pinto Islame
Date of birth (1991-02-06) February 6, 1991
Place of birth Santiago, Chile
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
Colo-Colo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008– Colo-Colo 18 (1)
2010–2011Ñublense 20 (5)
2012FC Edmonton (loan) 21 (3)
2013 Lota Schwager 10 (5)
2014 A.C. Barnechea 19 (5)
2014 Bahlinger SC 19 (9)
2015 Újpest FC 0 (0)
2015- Curicó Unido 20 (11)
National team
2009 Chile U18 5 (8)
2010 Chile U19 2 (1)
2010–2011 Chile U20 24 (8)
2016– Palestine 1 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2012.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2016

Yashir Armando Pinto Islame (born February 6, 1991) is a Palestinian footballer who plays for Curicó Unido as a striker.

Professional

He was born Santiago, Chile. Pinto made his professional debut in Primera División de Chile on June 28, 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 February 24, 2012, Pinto was loaned to FC Edmonton of the North American Soccer League on a season-long loan.[1]

National team

Pinto was included in the Chile squad that played against Mexico in the Estadio Azteca on 16 May 2010, replacing the injured Esteban Paredes.[2]

In 2016, while playing in Curicó Unido, Pinto 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. Pinto scored two goals in his debut.[3]

Personal

He is of Palestinian descent through his maternal grandfather.[4]

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