Yazid Yasin

Yazid Yasin is a Singapore footballer who plays for Gymkhana FC as a goalkeeper.

In this Malay name, the name Yasin is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Yazid.
Yazid Yasin
Yazid Yasin playing for Woodlands Wellington in 2013.
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-06-24) 24 June 1979
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Gymkhana FC
Number 1
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)
2015–2016 Geylang International FC 26 (0)
2016–2017 Warriors FC
2017–2018 Gymkhana FC
2019 Admiralty CSC
National team
1995 Singapore U-15
1999 Singapore 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 April 2015

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

Yazid Yasin's Profile

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   Apps Goals
Geylang United 2009 2800000--000280
2010 18 (1)000002010020 (1)0
2011 3101010--100330
2012 2201000--100230
Woodlands Wellington 2013 140103 (1)0--20018 (1)0
Geylang International 2015 2604040--100340
All numbers encased in brackets signify substitute appearances.

Appearances in AFC Cup Competitions
#DateVenueClubOpponentResultCompetition
1.24 February 2010Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore Geylang United Wofoo Tai Po1–12010 AFC Cup
2.17 March 2010Chi Lăng Stadium, Da Nang, Vietnam Geylang United SHB Đà Nẵng F.C.2–32010 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
#DateVenueOpponentResultCompetition
1.29 June 1999Kallang Stadium, Singapore New Zealand0–1Friendly
As of 4 November 2012

References
  1. "Player Feature: Yazid Yasin". Axross The Line by Liga Singapura. Archived from the original on 2012.
  2. "Singapore U-16 Advanced". Junpiter Futbol.
  3. Rangers registers first win in style, The Straits Times, 9 May 1996, Page 42
  4. Goalie plays as midfielder, The Straits Times, 22 September 1996, Page 40
  5. "Geylang United crowned 2009 Singapore Cup Champions after edging out Bangkok Glass". Redsports.sg.
  6. "Yazid returns after 4 years with Geylang". Woodlands Wellington Football Club.
  7. "Match Statistics for Match 0004 – Woodlands Wellington FC vs Warriors FC". S.League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/football-eagles-eye-top-3-spot
  9. Lions still not good enough, The Straits Times, 30 June 1999, Page 38

9. https://web.archive.org/web/20140129012557/http://kallangroar.com/news/exclusive-interviews/exclusive-interview-with-geylang-uniteds-yazid-yasin/

10. http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3880/singapore/2013/08/01/4149599/ever-present-yazid-yasin-reaches-400-sleague-appearances?ICID=OP

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