Yamil Asad
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yamil Rodrigo Asad | ||
| Date of birth | 27 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | San Antonio de Padua, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vélez Sarsfield | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Vélez Sarsfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013– | Vélez Sarsfield | 53 | (4) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:23, 20 February 2016 (UTC) | |||
Yamil Rodrigo Asad (born 27 July 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Vélez Sarsfield in the Argentine Primera División.
Career
Asad played youth football and debuted professionally with Vélez Sarsfield under Ricardo Gareca's coaching, entering the field in a 1–2 defeat to Colón in the 2013 Final.[1] Asad was part of the squad that won the 2013 Supercopa Argentina, although he did not play the game.
After Héctor Canteros' departure from the club and Jorge Correa's injury, Asad started playing more regularly for the first team under José Oscar Flores' coaching in the 2014 Argentine Primera División, totaling 14 games (5 as a starter).[2] Under Miguel Ángel Russo's coaching, Asad scored his first professional goal, in a 2–1 victory over Crucero del Norte.[3]
Personal life
Yamil Asad is the son of former Vélez Sarsfield player Omar Asad, who scored the second goal for Vélez in the 2–0 win over AC Milan for the 1994 Intercontinental Cup, the same year of Yamil's birth.[4] He is also great-nephew of former international footballer and manager Julio Asad.
Honours
- Vélez Sarsfield
- Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013
References
- ^ "Final '13 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ^ "Transición '14 statistics". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-02-14.
- ^ "Match report". Argentine Soccer. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
- ^ Franco Formoso (2013-04-13). "Hijo 'e Turco". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-02-14.
External links
- Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website Template:Es
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI Template:Es