Yaser Hamed

Yaser Mohammed Abdulrahman Hamed (; born 9 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Indian Super League club NorthEast United. Born in Spain, he represents the Palestine national team. Club career The second of five sons born to a Palestinian father and a Basque mother 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. He was in the Portugalete team which won their league group in 2018–19 but narrowly 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. In January 2022, he transferred to Egyptian Premier League side, Al Masry on a two-and-a-half year contract. He scored his first goal on 20 February, in a 2–0 win against TP Mazembe. He transferred to Al-Rayyan in August 2022, where he joined players like James Rodríguez. Hamed, however, left the club at the beginning of the year.