Yamil Asad

Yamil Asad

Personal information
Full name	Yamil Rodrigo Asad
Date of birth	(1994-07-27) 27 July 1994
Place of birth	San Antonio de Padua, Argentina
Height
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	47	(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. 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.

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.

Honours

Vélez Sarsfield

• Supercopa Argentina (1): 2013

External links

• Profile at Vélez Sarsfield's official website (Spanish)
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)