Yeremy Pino
Yeremy with Villarreal in 2021
Personal information
Full name Yeremy Jesús Pino Santos[1]
Date of birth (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Las Palmas, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger, midfielder
Team 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 98 (13)
International career‡
2018 Spain U16 5 (1)
2018–2019 Spain U17 18 (2)
2019–2020 Spain U18 9 (2)
2021 Spain U21 6 (3)
2021– Spain 12 (2)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2023 Netherlands
Runner-up 2021 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 September 2023

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

Club career

Yeremy was born in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and joined UD Las Palmas' youth setup in 2014, after representing AD Huracán and Barrio Atlántico CF.[2] On 22 June 2017, after refusing an offer from FC Barcelona, he signed for Villarreal CF.[3]

Yeremy 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 CF Recambios Colón.[4] 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.[5] He made his La Liga debut three days later, again from the bench in a 0–0 draw at Cádiz CF.[6]

Yeremy 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.[7] On 12 November, he renewed his contract with the club until 2024.[8]

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.[9] He also became the youngest player to win the competition, eclipsing the record set by Robin van Persie in the 2002 UEFA Cup Final.[10]

Yeremy scored four times on 27 February 2022 as Villarreal won 5–1 at home to RCD Espanyol, 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.[11]

International career

Yeremy represented Spain at under-17 and under-18 levels, also acting as team captain for the latter side.[12] 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.[13]

Yeremy made his debut for the senior squad on 6 October 2021 in the Nations League semi-final against Italy, replacing the injured Ferran Torres after 49 minutes in a 2–1 victory;[14] four days later he came off the bench in a defeat by the same score in the final against France.[15] The following 29 March, he made his first start in a friendly against Iceland in A Coruña, heading his first goal in a 5–0 win.[16]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Copa del Rey Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Villarreal C 2019–20 Tercera División 20 3 — — — 20 3
Villarreal 2020–21 La Liga 24 3 4 3 9[a] 1 — 37 7
2021–22 31 6 1 0 7[b] 1 1[c] 0 40 7
2022–23 36 4 2 0 8[d] 0 — 46 4
2023–24 7 0 0 0 3[a] 0 — 10 0
Total 98 13 7 3 27 2 1 0 133 18
Career total 118 16 7 3 27 2 1 0 153 21
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 12 September 2023[18]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2021 2 0
2022 5 1
2023 5 1
Total 12 2

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first.

List of international goals scored by Yeremy Pino
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 29 March 2022 Riazor, A Coruña, Spain 4  Iceland 3–0 5–0 Friendly
2 15 June 2023 De Grolsch Veste, Enschede, Netherlands 10  Italy 1–0 2–1 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals

Honours

Villarreal

Spain

References

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Spain (ESP)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 27. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Villarreal 5–3 Sivasspor". UEFA.com. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ^ "La única que gana es la lógica" [The only one who wins is logic] (in Spanish). Marca. 25 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Qarabağ 1–3 Villarreal". UEFA.com. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ a b "Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United (aet, 11-10 pens): Spanish side win Europa League in marathon shoot-out". UEFA. 26 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Yeremy Pino: Villarreal wonderkid who rejected Barcelona". Goal.com. 26 May 2021.
  11. ^ Martin, Richard (27 February 2022). "Ronaldo, Messi, Suarez, Griezmann and... Yeremy Pino". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  12. ^ Segovia, Fran (12 December 2019). "Yeremi Pino shines with Spain U18s". Villarreal CF.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "Debuta el grancanario Yéremi [sic] Pino con la selección frente a Italia" [Gran Canaria native Yeremi Pino deuts with the national team against Italy] (in Spanish). Canarias7. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  15. ^ "España juega pero Francia impone sus golpes y se lleva la Liga de Naciones" [Spain play but France dish out their blows and lift the Nations League] (in Spanish). France 24. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Spain 5–0 Iceland". BBC Sport. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  17. ^ Yeremy Pino at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  18. ^ "Yeremi Pino". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  19. ^ Smith, Emma (18 June 2023). "Spain win Nations League final on penalties". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  20. ^ "France beat Spain to win Nations League". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

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