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.
Home United In 2014, Yasir joined Home United.
Tampines Rovers After a successful season with Home United, Yasir moved to Tampines Rovers 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 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
ClubSeasonLeagueSingapore CupLeague CupAsiaTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGeylang United2009S.League2440000002442010S.League3111020604012011S.League111000000111Total666102060756Home United2011S.League6110000071Total6110000071ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLionsXII2012Malaysia Super League200107000280Total200107000280ClubSeasonLeagueSingapore CupLeague CupAsiaTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGeylang International2013S.League244212000285Total244212000285Home United2014S.League2436131513862015S.League261402000321Total5041015151707Tampines Rovers2016S.League213300000243Total213300000243ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupContinentalTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsPDRM FA2017Malaysia Super League7100000071Total7100000071ClubSeasonLeagueSingapore CupLeague CupAsiaTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsTampines Rovers2017S.League920000731652018Singapore Premier League2221000502822019Singapore Premier League2135100613252020Singapore Premier League900010301302021Singapore Premier League2060000502562022Singapore Premier League2566200203382023Singapore Premier League2174100102682024–25Singapore Premier League291000040391Total156271641033421236 Career total3504634617144545159
International Score and Result list Singapore's goal tally first
| 1. || 13 November 2016 || Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore || || || || Friendly ||
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
References