Yeremy Jesús Pino Santos (born 20 October 2002) is a Spanish professional

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who plays mainly as a

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for

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club Villarreal and the Spain national team.

Club career

Yeremy was born in Las Palmas,

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, and joined

UD Las Palmas Unión Deportiva Las Palmas, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Las Palmas, on the island of Gran Canaria in the autonomous community of Canary Islands. Founded on 22 August 1949, it plays in Segunda División, holding home games at the ...

' youth setup in 2014, after representing

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and Barrio Atlántico CF. On 22 June 2017, after refusing an offer from

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, he signed for

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, th ...

. Yeremy made his senior debut with the C-team on 24 August 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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and scoring the third of a 3–0

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away win against

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. After finishing his first senior season with three goals in 20 appearances, he was promoted to the reserves in

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. After spending the pre-season with the first team under Unai Emery, Pino made his professional debut on 22 October 2020, replacing

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in a 5–3

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win over Sivasspor. He made his

debut three days later, again from the bench in a 0–0 draw at

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. Yeremy scored his first professional goal on 29 October 2020, netting the equalizer in a 3–1 away success over

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also in the European competition. On 12 November, he renewed his contract with the club until 2024. On 26 May 2021, he played in the

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, to become the youngest Spanish player to start a major European final, aged 18 years and 218 days, breaking the previous record of

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in the

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, aged 19 years and 4 days. He also became the youngest player to win the competition, eclipsing the record set by

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in the

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. Yeremy scored four times on 27 February 2022 as Villarreal won 5–1 at home to

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, having only two goals for the season to his name before the game. He also became the youngest player to score a hat-trick in the first half of a La Liga match.

International career

Yeremy represented Spain at under-17 and under-18 levels, also acting as team captain for the latter side. Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive

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test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against

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on 8 June 2021. Yeremy made his debut for the senior squad on 6 October 2021 in the Nations League semi-final against

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, replacing the injured

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after 49 minutes in a 2–1 victory; four days later he came off the bench in a defeat by the same score in the final against

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. The following 29 March, he made his first start in a

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against

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, heading his first goal in a 5–0 win.

Career statistics

Club

International

''Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.''

Honours

Villarreal *

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Spain *

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; runner-up:

References

External links

Yeremy Pino
at the Villarreal CF website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pino, Yeremy 2002 births Living people Footballers from Las Palmas Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers Spain men's international footballers Spain men's youth international footballers Spain men's under-21 international footballers Tercera División players La Liga players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF players UEFA Europa League winning players 2022 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from the Canary Islands UEFA Nations League-winning players