Muhammad Yasir bin Hanapi (born 21 June 1989) is a Singaporean professional

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who plays as a attacking-midfielder, central-midfielder or centre-forward for

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club

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, whom he captains and the Singapore national team. Yasir originally played as a right-back but was converted to a right winger when he played for LionsXII in 2012.

Club career

Geylang United

Yasir started his career at

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where he played from 2008 to 2012, before transferring to LionsXII.

LionsXII

In 2012, Yasir joined LionsXII which is competing in the

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Return to Geylang International

Thereafter, Yasir left for

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in 2013.

Home United

In 2014, Yasir joined

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Tampines Rovers

After a successful season with Home United, Yasir moved to

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in 2016. He scored his first goal for the stags in his first league match for his new club but was sent off after receiving two yellow cards. On 10 May 2016, with Tampines Rovers needing the win, he scored a curling shot from outside the box with his weak foot against

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in front of 11,875 fans which is the highest attendance record in the Group. Yasir secure the only goal in the match which guaranteed Tampines Rovers to qualified to the Round of 16 as group runners-ups. In the

2017 S.League The 2017 S.League (also known as the Great Eastern Hyundai S.League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the S.League, the top-flight Singaporean professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1996. The ...

season, he made 16 appearances for the Stags in the league, scoring 5 goals in the process before leaving for PDRM.

PDRM FA

On 9 June 2017, Yasir joined national teammate

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at Malaysian second-tier side PDRM for the remainder of the

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season. It was reported that no transfer fee was involved in the deal. He opened his account for the cops in a 3–1 loss to Perlis.

Return to Tampines Rovers

Following the conclusion of his contract with PDRM, Yasir rejoined former club Tampines Rovers for the 2018 S.League season. Yasir started the

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in blistering form, netting 3 goals in 3 games to help his team sit joint top of the table after 3 games in the season. On 16 December 2023, Tampines Rovers announced that Yasir will leave the club at the end of the 2023 season after being with the club for 8 years.

International career

Yasir was part of the Singapore national under-23 team that took part in the

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in Korat, Thailand that won a bronze medal. He was also part of the team which repeated their bronze medal success in

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in 2009. Yasir was called up to the senior team for the first time in May 2015 for a series of friendly games against

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and

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. On 13 November 2016, Yasir scored his first international goal on his 12th international cap in Singapore's final warm up match for the

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. He came off the bench to score the winner against

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, giving Singapore a narrow 1–0 win over the regional minnows.

Others

Singapore Selection squad

Yasir was selected as part of the Singapore Selection squad for The Sultan of Selangor's Cup held on 6 May 2017.

Career statistics

Club

International

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Honours

Club

Geylang United

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Home United

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Tampines Rovers

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Singapore Community Shield The Singapore Community Shield (also known as the AIA Community Shield due to sponsorship reasons; formerly the Charity Shield) is the curtain-raiser to the football season in Singapore. The match is contested between the champions of the previou ...

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Individual

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Bronze Medal: 2007, 2009

References

1989 births Living people Singaporean men's footballers Singapore men's international footballers Geylang International FC players Lion City Sailors FC players Singapore Premier League players LionsXII players Men's association football midfielders Singaporean people of Malay descent Singaporean people of Javanese descent Malaysia Super League players SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in football Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games {{Singapore-footy-bio-stub