{{short description|Palestinian footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Yaser Hamed | image = Yaer Hamed playing for Al Qadsia in 2023.png | caption = Hamed with Al-Qadsia in 2023 | fullname = YaserKhan Abdulrahman Hamed<ref name=GSA>{{GSA player|yaser-hamed/333528|access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> | birth_name = Yaser Hamed Mayor<ref name=NFT>{{NFT player|74887|access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|12|9|df=y}} | birth_place = Leioa, Spain<ref name=GSA/> | height = 1.88 m<ref name="FIFA Arab 2021">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce14/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021: List of players: Palestine |publisher=FIFA |page=10 |date=4 December 2021 |access-date=12 December 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320201942/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce14/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | position = Centre-back | currentclub = Al-Khor | clubnumber = 97 | youthyears1 = 2007–2012 | youthclubs1 = Athletic Bilbao | youthyears2 = 2012–2013 | youthclubs2 = Romo | youthyears3 = 2013–2014 | youthclubs3 = Itzubaltzeta | youthyears4 = 2014–2015 | youthclubs4 = Romo | youthyears5 = 2015–2016 | youthclubs5 = Arenas | years1 = 2016–2017 | clubs1 = Gallarta | caps1 = ? | goals1 = ? | years2 = 2017–2018 | clubs2 = Santurtzi | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2018–2019 | clubs3 = Leioa | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2018–2020 | clubs4 = Portugalete | caps4 = 50 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2020–2021 | clubs5 = Busaiteen | caps5 = ? | goals5 = ? | years6 = 2022 | clubs6 = Al-Masry | caps6 = 8 | goals6 = 2 | years7 = 2022–2023 | clubs7 = Al-Rayyan | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2023 | clubs8 = Al Qadsia | caps8 = ? | goals8 = ? | years9 = 2023 | clubs9 = NorthEast United | caps9 = 8 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2024 | clubs10 = Zamalek | caps10 = 2 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2025 | clubs11 = Al-Gharafa | caps11 = 0 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2026– | clubs12 = Al-Khor | caps12 = 0 | goals12 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2019– | nationalteam1 = Palestine | nationalcaps1 = 25 | nationalgoals1 = 5 | club-update = 07:36, 22 January 2024 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 14 March 2026 }}
'''Yaser Mohammed Abdulrahman Hamed''' ({{langx|ar|يَاسِر مُحَمَّد عَْبد الرَّحْمٰن حَامِد}}; born 9 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Khor as a centre-back. Born in Spain, he plays for the Palestine national team.
==Club career== The second of five sons born to a Palestinian father and a Basque mother<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.footballpalestine.com/2019/07/yaser-hamed-mayor-commits-to-palestine.html|title=Yaser Hamed Mayor commits to Palestine|publisher=Football Palestine|language=en|date=11 July 2019|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=12 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112183450/https://www.footballpalestine.com/2019/07/yaser-hamed-mayor-commits-to-palestine.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[https://eldesmarque.com/bizkaia/athletic-club/246154-yaser-hamed-desde-portugalete-a-ramala Yaser Hamed, desde Portugalete a Ramala] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407223640/https://www.eldesmarque.com/bizkaia/athletic-club/246154-yaser-hamed-desde-portugalete-a-ramala |date=7 April 2023 }} [Yaser Hamed, from Portugalete to Ramallah], El Desmarque (in Spanish), 8 March 2020</ref> and a product of the esteemed Athletic Bilbao academy which he joined at 10 years of age and departed at 15, 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.<ref>[https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/yaser-hamed-mayor Yaser Hamed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802125025/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/yaser-hamed-mayor |date=2 August 2019 }}, Athletic Bilbao</ref><ref>[https://as.com/futbol/2019/06/25/mas_futbol/1561482322_404536.html Juega en Tercera División y ya es internacional con Palestina: la historia de Yaser Hamed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802125025/https://as.com/futbol/2019/06/25/mas_futbol/1561482322_404536.html |date=2 August 2019 }} [He plays in the Third Division and is now an international with Palestine: the story of Yaser Hamed], Diario AS (in Spanish) 6 June 2019</ref> He was in the Portugalete team which won their league group in 2018–19 but failed to achieve promotion in the play-offs, and was still with them the following season when they managed to follow up a second successive title with promotion; however Hamed left the club at the end of that season.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
In January 2022, he transferred to Egyptian Premier League side, Al Masry on a two-and-a-half-year contract.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2022/1/16/%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A/5619311|title=لعب في الدوري الإسباني.. من هو ياسر حامد صفقة المصري الجديدة؟|date=16 January 2022|website=اليوم السابع|access-date=21 August 2023|archive-date=9 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409150706/https://www.youm7.com/story/2022/1/16/%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A/5619311|url-status=live}}</ref> He scored his first goal on 20 February, in a 2–0 win against TP Mazembe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://el-yom.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%b6%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d8%ab%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%88/|title=المصري يضرب مازيمبي بثنائية في كأس الكونفدرالية|access-date=3 March 2022|archive-date=3 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303194403/https://el-yom.com/%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5%d8%b1%d9%8a-%d9%8a%d8%b6%d8%b1%d8%a8-%d9%85%d8%a7%d8%b2%d9%8a%d9%85%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%a8%d8%ab%d9%86%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a8%d9%83%d8%a3%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%83%d9%88/|url-status=live}}</ref>
He transferred to Qatari club Al-Rayyan in August 2022, where he joined players like James Rodríguez.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2022/08/01/yaser-hamed-joins-al-rayyan/|title=OFFICIAL: Ex-Al Masry defender Yaser Hamed joins Qatar's Al-Rayyan|first=Ahmad Gamal|last=Ali|date=1 August 2022|access-date=18 January 2023|archive-date=21 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821151050/https://www.kingfut.com/2022/08/01/yaser-hamed-joins-al-rayyan/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hamed, however, left the club at the beginning of the year.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} In 2023, he played for Al Qadsia in Kuwait and NorthEast United in India.
In February 2024, Hamed joined Egyptian club Zamalek.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.kingfut.com/2024/02/05/zamalek-sign-yaser-hamed/ |title=OFFICIAL: Zamalek announce signing of Palestine's Yaser Hamed |work=KingFut |date=5 February 2024 }}</ref> He made his debut in a 2–1 CAF Confederation Cup win over Abu Salim.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/02/25/africa/caf-confederation-cup/abu-salim/zamalek/4261820/ | title=Abu Salim vs. Zamalek - 25 February 2024 - Soccerway }}</ref>
==International career== Hamed was first contacted by the Palestine national team in July 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. 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.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}} Hamed scored his second national team goal two months later in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Singapore.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Masri |first=Dalya Al |date=2023-02-22 |title=All eyes were on Morocco at the last World Cup. Now, Palestinian national team wants a slice of the action at 2026 tournament |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/22/football/palestianian-national-soccer-team-world-cup-spt-intl |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
On 1 January 2024, he was named in the Palestinian squad for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar.<ref>{{cite web|title=الإعلان عن قائمة منتخبنا الوطني المشاركة في كأس آسيا 2023 |trans-title=Announcing the list of our national team participating in the 2023 Asian Cup|url=https://www.pfa.ps/news/4076.html|date=1 January 2024|access-date=1 January 2024|publisher=Palestinian Football Association|language=ar}}</ref>
== Personal life == His little brother Jamal is also a professional footballer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yaser Hamed: "Not staying at Athletic has been one of the biggest disappointments of my life"|url=https://sport.jotdown.es/2024/09/11/yaser-hamed-palestina/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFQ5sNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYQEDmJ7FtYJWyWPpzSoyCAD5wuw_e4n6f6exOxNueGMeUHkjbOtyRDfEw_aem_jnrpu5MB-yIxbge1m-TN8A&sfnsn=scwspmo|access-date=17 September 2024|publisher=Sports Jotdown|language=es}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===International=== {{updated|match played 5 September 2021}} :''Scores and results list Palestine's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hamed goal''.
{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ List of international goals scored by Yaser Hamed<ref name=NFT/> |- ! scope="col" |No. ! scope="col" |Date ! scope="col" |Venue ! scope="col" |Opponent ! scope="col" |Score ! scope="col" |Result ! scope="col" |Competition ! scope="col" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- | align="center" |1 |30 July 2019 |Karbala International Stadium, Karbala, Iraq |{{fb|YEM}} | align="center" |1–0 | align="center" |1–0 |2019 WAFF Championship | |- | align="center" | 2 |10 September 2019 |Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore |{{fb|SIN}} | align="center" |1–1 | align="center" |1–2 |2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |- | align="center" | 3 |3 June 2021 |King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |{{fb|SIN}} | align="center" |4–0 | style="text-align:center" |4–0 |2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |- | align="center" | 4 |15 June 2021 |King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |{{fb|YEM}} | align="center" |2–0 | align="center" |3–0 |2022 FIFA World Cup qualification | |- | align="center" |5 |5 September 2021 |Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan |{{fb|BAN}} | align="center" |2–0 | align="center" |2–0 |Friendly | |}
== Honours == '''Zamalek''' * CAF Confederation Cup: 2023–24
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{LaPreferente|227634}} * {{Soccerway|551423}} * {{BDFutbol|21716}}
{{Al-Khor SC squad}} {{Palestine squad 2023 AFC Asian Cup}}
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