Yasir Hanapi

Muhammad Yasir bin Hanapi (born 21 June 1989) is a Singaporean former professional footballer who plays either as a midfielder or forward.

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

LionsXII In 2012, Yasir joined LionsXII which is competing in the 2012 Malaysia Super League.

Return to Geylang International Thereafter, Yasir left for Geylang International in 2013. On 10 May 2016, with Tampines Rovers needing the win, he scored a curling shot from outside the box with his weak foot against Selangor 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 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 Safuwan Baharudin at Malaysian second-tier side PDRM for the remainder of the Malaysia Premier League 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 was than made the club captain from the 2020 Singapore Premier League season onwards.

Yasir started the 2021 Singapore Premier League 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 25 June 2021, Yasir captained Tampines Rovers in their debut AFC Champions League campaign against Japanese club, Gamba Osaka.

On 16 December 2023, Tampines Rovers announced that Yasir will leave the club at the end of the 2023 season. However due to the injury list in the squad depth, Yasir signed a one year contract extensions on 25 April 2024. He also passed down his captaincy role to Syazwan Buhari.

International career Yasir was part of the Singapore national under-23 team that took part in the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Korat, Thailand that won a bronze medal. He was also part of the team which repeated their bronze medal success in Vientiane, Laos in 2009.

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

On 13 November 2016, Yasir scored his first international goal on his 12th international cap in Singapore's final warm up match for the 2016 AFF Championship. He came off the bench to score the winner against Cambodia national football team, 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.

Personal life Yasir younger brother, Yusril Hanapi is also a professional football who is currently playing for Tampines Rovers U21.

Career statistics Club

International Score and Result list Singapore's goal tally first

Honours

Club

Geylang United

Singapore Cup: 2009

Home United

Singapore Cup: 2011

Tampines Rovers

Singapore Cup: 2019 Singapore Community Shield: 2020

Individual

Southeast Asian Games Bronze Medal: 2007, 2009