Yeremi Pino

Yeremi Jesús Pino Santos (born 20 October 2002), sometimes known as Yeremy, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays mainly as a right winger for La Liga club Villarreal and the Spain national team.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pino and the second or maternal family name is Santos.
Yeremi Pino
Personal information
Full name Yeremi Jesús Pino Santos
Date of birth (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Villarreal
Number 21
Youth career
Barrio Atlántico
2011–2014 Huracán
2014–2017 Las Palmas
2017–2019 Villarreal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2020 Villarreal C 20 (3)
2020– Villarreal 32 (4)
National team‡
2018 Spain U16 5 (1)
2018–2019 Spain U17 18 (2)
2019–2020 Spain U18 9 (2)
2021– Spain U21 6 (3)
2021– Spain 2 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Nations League
Runner-up2021
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2021

Club career

Yeremi was born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and joined UD Las Palmas' youth setup in 2014, after representing AD Huracán and Barrio Atlántico CF.[1] On 22 June 2017, after refusing an offer from FC Barcelona, he signed for Villarreal CF.[2]

Yeremi made his senior debut with the C-team on 24 August 2019, coming on as a second-half substitute for Fer Niño and scoring the third of a 3–0 Tercera División away win against Recambios Colón CD.[3] After finishing his first senior season with three goals in 20 appearances, he was promoted to the reserves in Segunda División B.

After spending the pre-season with the first team under Unai Emery, Pino made his professional debut on 22 October 2020, replacing Francis Coquelin in a 5–3 UEFA Europa League win over Sivasspor.[4] He made his La Liga debut three days later, again from the bench in a 0–0 draw at Cádiz CF.[5]

Yeremi scored his first professional goal on 29 October 2020, netting the equalizer in a 3–1 away success over Qarabağ FK also in the European competition.[6] On 12 November, he renewed his contract with the club until 2024.[7]

On 26 May 2021, he played in the 2021 UEFA Europa League Final, to become the youngest Spanish player to start a major European final, aged 18 years and 218 days, breaking the previous record of Iker Casillas in the 2000 UEFA Champions League Final, aged 19 years and 4 days.[8] He also became the youngest player to win the competition, eclipsing the record set by Robin van Persie in the 2002 UEFA Cup Final.[9]

International career

Yeremi represented Spain at under-17 and under-18 levels, also acting as team captain for the latter side.[10]

Due to the isolation of some national team players following the positive COVID-19 test of Sergio Busquets, Spain's under-21 squad were called up for the international friendly against Lithuania on 8 June 2021.[11] He made his debut for the senior squad on 6 October 2021 in the Nations League semi-final against Italy.[12]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 26 October 2021[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Villarreal C 2019–20 Tercera División 203———203
Villarreal 2020–21 La Liga 233439[lower-alpha 1]1—367
2021–22 91003[lower-alpha 2]11[lower-alpha 3]0132
Total 3244312210499
Career total 52743122106912
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  3. Appearance in UEFA Super Cup

International
As of match played 10 October 2021[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Spain 202120
Total20

Honours

Villarreal

Spain

References
  1. "Yéremi: "La Copa Rodagon es un torneo muy especial para mí"" [Yéremi: "The Rodagon Cup is a very special tournament for me"] (in Spanish). Rodagon Sport. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  2. García de laSanta, Mario (22 June 2017). "Yéremi rechaza la oferta del Barça y ficha en el Villarreal" [Yéremi refuses the offer of Barça and signs for Villarreal] (in Spanish). La Provincia.
  3. "El Villarreal CF C demostró sus hechuras y ganó bien en El Perdiguer" [Villarreal C show their size and win comfortably at the El Perdiguer] (in Spanish). Golsmedia. 24 August 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. "Villarreal 5–3 Sivasspor". UEFA.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  5. "La única que gana es la lógica" [The only one who wins is logic] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. "Qarabağ 1–3 Villarreal". UEFA.com. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. "El Villarreal renueva y blinda a Baena, Yeremi Pino, Jorgensen y Fer Niño" [Villarreal renew and shield Baena, Yeremi Pino, Jorgensen and Fer Niño] (in Spanish). Sport. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. "Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United (aet, 11-10 pens): Spanish side win Europa League in marathon shoot-out". UEFA. 26 May 2021.
  9. "Yeremy Pino: Villarreal wonderkid who rejected Barcelona". Goal.com. 26 May 2021.
  10. Segovia, Fran (12 December 2019). "Yeremi Pino shines with Spain U18s". Villarreal CF.
  11. "Oficial | Lista de convocados para el encuentro ante Lituania" [Official | Squad list for the match against Lithuania]. Royal Spanish Football Federation (in Spanish). 6 June 2021. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  12. "Italy v Spain game report". FIFA. 6 October 2021.
  13. Yeremi Pino at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  14. "Yeremi Pino". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  15. "France beat Spain to win Nations League". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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