Yaser Hamed

Yaser Hamed Mayor (Arabic: ياسر حمد‎; born 9 December 1997) is a Palestinian footballer who plays as a central defender for basque club Portugalete and the Palestine national team.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Hamed and the second or maternal family name is Mayor.
Yaser Hamed
Personal information
Full name Yaser Hamed Mayor
Date of birth (1997-12-09) 9 December 1997
Place of birth Leioa, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Portugalete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Gallarta
2017–2018 Santurtzi
2018–2019 Leioa 3 (0)
2019– Portugalete 28
National team‡
2019– Palestine 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 September 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Club career

The son of a Palestinian father and a Spanish-Basque mother.[1] A product of the esteemed Athletic Bilbao academy, Hamed has gone on to play for various Basque sides in the third and fourth tier of Spanish football including CD Santurtzi, SD Leioa, and Club Portugalete.

International career

Yaser Hamed was first contacted by the Palestine national team in 2019 and made his debut in a 1–0 win over Yemen in the 2019 WAFF Championship. Hamed scored the lone goal in that game becoming the 17th player in national team history to score on his debut. He went on to play every single minute of the tournament, helping Palestine record their best ever showing at a WAFF Championship finishing behind Iraq with a record of two wins, one draw, and one loss.

Hamed scored his second national team goal in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Singapore.

International goals
As of 10 September 2019 (Palestine score listed first, score column indicates score after each Hamed goal)
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 July 2019Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq1 Yemen1–01–02019 WAFF Championship
2 10 September 2019Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore6 Singapore1–11–22022 FIFA World Cup qualification
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References
  1. "Yaser Hamed Mayor commits to Palestine". Football Palestine. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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