Full name Yamil Rodrigo Asad Name Yamil Asad Date joined 2013 Years Team Weight 78 kg | Number 7 Height 1.77 m Role Footballer | |
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Date of birth (1994-07-27) 27 July 1994 (age 21) Current team Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield (#7 / Midfielder) | ||
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Yamil asad scores atlanta united s first goal atlanta united fc highlights 3 5 17
Yamil Rodrigo Asad (born 27 July 1994) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Atlanta United on loan from Vélez Sarsfield in the Argentine Primera División.
Contents
- Yamil asad scores atlanta united s first goal atlanta united fc highlights 3 5 17
- Path to the pitch yamil asad
- Career
- Personal life
- Honours
- References
Path to the pitch yamil asad
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. 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). Under Miguel Ángel Russo's coaching, Asad scored his first professional goal, in a 2–1 victory over Crucero del Norte.
On 11 January 2017, Asad was loaned to Major League Soccer's Atlanta United FC. He scored the first goal in the team's MLS history, against New York Red Bulls on 5 March 2017.
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. He is also great-nephew of former international footballer and manager Julio Asad.
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