Christian Rontini

Player

Birthday July 20, 1999

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Bagno a Ripoli, Italy

Age 24 years old

Nationality Italy

Height 1.86 m

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1986

He replaced Curt Dizon in the 86th minute of the match where the team lost 2–0.

1999

Christian Mangaron Rontini (born 20 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for Liga 1 club Persita Tangerang.

Born in Italy, he represents the Philippines national team.

Rontini decided to embrace Islam on 5 September 2023 at the Al-Azhom Mosque, Tangerang.

After embracing Islam, he changed his name to Yasir Ali.

Previously, he was a Christian.

Strong support for him embracing Islam came from Javlon Guseynov, a player from Uzbekistan when both of them played in Persita Tangerang.

On 28 October 2023, Rontini married his girlfriend, Amanda Gonzales who is the daughter of former Indonesia national team player Cristian Gonzáles.

He officially married Amanda in a wedding ceremony held at the Royal Ambarrukmo pavilion, Yogyakarta.

2000

Rontini is a former youth player of Floria 2000.

2018

In 2018, Rontini joined Serie D/E club Sangiovannese on a one-year deal.

2019

Rontini was part of the Philippines U-22 squad that competed at the 2019 SEA Games on home soil.

He was included in the 20-man squad for the 2021 SEA Games held in Vietnam.

He scored his first goal for the Philippines in a 4–0 win against Timor Leste.

In 2019, it was reported that Rontini received an invitation to train with the Philippines national team.

He received his first call-up for the Philippines in a friendly match against China PR.

2020

After an impressive season, Rontini renewed his contract with Sangiovannese that kept him with the club until June 2020.

As of October 2021, Rontini was signed with the Azkals Development Team (ADT) of the Philippines Football League (PFL).

Rontini was born in Italy to an Italian father and a Filipina mother, which made him eligible to represent either Italy or the Philippines at international level.