Yazid Yasin
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Yazid Yasin playing for Woodlands Wellington in 2013. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 June 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Singapore | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Geylang International FC | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1996–1998 | Sembawang Rangers | 17 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Home United | 52 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Sembawang Rangers | 93 | (0) |
| 2004–2008 | Woodlands Wellington | 124 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Geylang United | 100 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Woodlands Wellington | 39 | (0) |
| 2015– | Geylang International FC | 26 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999– | Singapore | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2015. | |||
Yazid Yasin is a Singapore footballer who plays for Geylang International FC as a goalkeeper.
He is one of a rare handful of players who had won every single title available in the domestic league since its inauguration in 1996.[1]
Club career
As a youth player, Yazid first came to prominence in the 1995 Lion City Cup where he stood in goal for eventual winners, the Singapore A (Under-16) squad, alongside Indra Sahdan and Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin.[2]
His level headed performance as a 16-year-old in the competition led to him signing his first professional contract with Sembawang Rangers in the S.League's maiden season in 1996.[3] During his time with the Stallions, he was once famously deployed as a midfielder in a 1996 S.League match against Woodlands Wellington due to an injury crisis in the Sembawang squad.[4]
In 1999, he moved to Home United and won the S.League title with the Protectors in the same year. He was also named as the Young Player of The Year in 1999.
He has also won the Singapore Cup twice with Home United in 2000 and Geylang United in 2009, as well as the Singapore League Cup with Woodlands Wellington in 2007.
Yazid's performance during the 2009 RHB Singapore Cup, which included a penalty save late in the game, won him the man of the match award and helped Geylang United to lift the Cup after a hard-fought 1–0 victory over Thai Premier League side Bangkok Glass in the final.[5] The following season, Yazid appeared in the Eagles' AFC Cup matches against V-League champions, Da Nang, and Hong Kong FA Cup winners, Tai Po FC.
On 19 November 2012, it was announced that Yazid Yasin had re-joined his former club, Woodlands Wellington.[6] He is the player with the fourth most number of appearances for the Rams at 124 appearances behind Abdelhadi Laakkad (129 appearances), Goh Tat Chuan (138 appearances) and current record holder Sazali Salleh (158 appearances).
He made his first reappearance and his 125th overall appearance for Woodlands Wellington on 21 February 2013 in a 2–2 draw against Warriors F.C..[7]
The 34-year-old achieved a milestone on July 16 when he made an incredible 400th S.League appearance in the Rams' 5-2 victory over the Courts Young Lions at the Woodlands Stadium.
After the merger of Woodlands into Hougang United in 2015, Yazid returned to Geylang to join Geylang International FC.[8] At 36 years old, Yazid is (at the time) S.League's oldest active player, after Aleksandar Đurić retired the previous year.
Club career statistics
- As of 16 July 2013
| Club Performance | League | Cup | League Cup | AFC Cup | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | S.League | Singapore Cup | League Cup | AFC Cup | ||||||||||
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |  |
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|
Apps | Goals |
| Geylang United | 2009 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2010 | 18 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 (1) | 0 | |
| 2011 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Woodlands Wellington | 2013 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 (1) | 0 |
| Geylang International | 2015 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
- All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances.
Appearances in AFC Cup Competitions
| # | Date | Venue | Club | Opponent | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 24 February 2010 | Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore |  Geylang United |  Wofoo Tai Po | 1–1 | 2010 AFC Cup | |||||
| 2. | 17 March 2010 | Chi Lăng Stadium, Da Nang, Vietnam | Geylang United |  SHB Da Nang F.C. | 2–3 | 2010 AFC Cup | |||||
| As of 4 November 2012 | |||||||||||
International career
Yazid has one solitary cap for Singapore, which he acquired while playing for the Lions in a friendly match against New Zealand on 29 June 1999.[9]
International Appearances
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Result | Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 June 1999 | Kallang Stadium, Singapore |  New Zealand | 0–1 | Friendly | ||||||
| As of 4 November 2012 | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Player Feature: Yazid Yasin". Axross The Line by Liga Singapura.
- ↑ "Singapore U-16 Advanced". Junpiter Futbol.
- ↑ Rangers registers first win in style, The Straits Times, 9 May 1996, Page 42
- ↑ Goalie plays as midfielder, The Straits Times, 22 September 1996, Page 40
- ↑ "Geylang United crowned 2009 Singapore Cup Champions after edging out Bangkok Glass". Redsports.sg.
- ↑ "Yazid returns after 4 years with Geylang". Woodlands Wellington Football Club.
- ↑ "Match Statistics for Match 0004 – Woodlands Wellington FC vs Warriors FC". S.League.
- ↑ http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/football-eagles-eye-top-3-spot
- ↑ Lions still not good enough, The Straits Times, 30 June 1999, Page 38
External links
- Yazid Yasin at National-Football-Teams.com