Yassine bounou

Yassine bounouCareer : footballer, goalkeeper, athlete

Date of Birth : April 5, 1991

Age : 33 years

Place of birth : Montreal, Canada

Height : 192

Civil status: Married

Club : Al-Hilal Riyad

Club number : 37

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Welcome to the fan site dedicated to one of the greatest footballers of our time – Yassine bounou ! Here you will find everything you are interested in about the career and achievements of this talented goalkeeper. Yassine Bounou, also known by his nickname “Bono”, was born on April 5, 1991, in Montreal, Morocco. He began his professional football career in the youth academy of local club Villarreal in Spain. With his unmatched talent and dedication to the game, Bounou quickly caught the attention of coaches and fans. In 2011, Yassine Bounou made his debut for Villarreal’s first team and immediately caused a sensation with his great skills and confident performances. His brilliant reflexes, magnificent jumps and precise knockouts became his hallmarks. Bounou quickly became an integral part of the team and is rightly recognized as one of the best goalkeepers in La Liga. But the real breakthrough in Bounou’s career came in 2020 when he joined Spanish giants Sevilla.

In this club, he continues to demonstrate his exceptional performances and becomes an unwavering goalkeeper. His ability to make difficult decisions in critical situations and save the team from potential goals has made him a fan favorite. However, Yassine Bounou's successes are not limited to his club career. He is also an important figure in the Moroccan national team. He has become a source of pride for his country thanks to his masterful performances on the international stage. His unwavering loyalty and dedication to the national team make him a true hero for Moroccan football fans. On this fan site you will find the latest news about Yassine bounou, his statistics, photos and videos of his best moments on the field. You can also get acquainted with the footballer's biography, learn about his personal life off the field and read an interview with him. We are constantly updating the information so that you are always up to date with all the events. Join us on this exciting journey highlighting the career and achievements of Yassine Bounou! Support your favorite football player, share your impressions with other fans and be inspired by his unrivaled game. Welcome to the Yassine Bounou fan site!

Biography

At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the Moroccan team created a sensation by becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals in the history of the world championship. Much of the credit for this goes to the team's goalkeeper Yassin Boun, who became the hero of the playoff series, not allowing a single goal against Spain or Portugal.

Childhood and youth

Yassin Bounou was born on April 5, 1991 in Montreal, Canada. His parents were Moroccan nationals and decided to settle in the land of their ancestors when their son was 3 years old. The Bunu family settled in Casablanca, the largest city and business center of the country, located on the Atlantic coast. Yassin started playing football from an early age and, at the age of 8, he had already joined the football academy of the Wydad club, considered the most famous and successful in Morocco, with more than 20 national championship titles and a dozen international cups.

Like most boys, Bunu dreamed of playing in attack, but he grew up quickly, surpassing his peers, and with his height he was offered to stay in goal. Without further ado, he agreed and did not regret it for a minute. Moreover, his football idols were only goalkeepers – Gianluigi Buffon and Edwin van der Sar. Today, the Moroccan footballer is 192 cm tall and weighs 78 kg. At the age of 17, Yassin tried to go to France to play in the youth team of the Nice club, but bureaucratic problems did not allow him. So the goalkeeper began his professional career at Wydad, which raised him.

Football

Boon was supposed to make his debut in the main team of Wydad urgently: in November 2011, during the CAF Champions League final, the reinforced concrete goalkeeper of the main team, Nadir Lamyagri, number one both at the club and at the national level. team, was supposed to stand in front of the goal. However, an injury before the decisive match put the experienced goalkeeper out of action and Yassin came in to replace him. They failed to keep the debutant's clean sheet and Wydad lost with a score of 0: 1, losing the trophy to Tunisian Esperance, but Bounou was recognized as the best player of the match for his team. Bounou remained in the club's goal for another 8 matches until he recovered from Lamiagri's injury, and in the summer of 2012 it became known that the Moroccan was leaving for Atlético Madrid. The goalkeeper spent the first 2 years in the reserve camp and played in the Spanish second division, until in the summer of 2014 he was given the responsibility of playing for the main team. However, Yassin did not stay long in the Atlético camp, being loaned to Zaragoza from Aragon, who play in Segunda.

The next stage in the biography of the Moroccan footballer is associated with the Girona team, with which the goalkeeper signed a contract in the summer of 2016. At the time of his debut, the club played in the second division, but at the end of the season it moved to the Spanish Championship. This was Boone's merit; it was not for nothing that he quickly became the number one goalkeeper of Girona, beating the experienced Gorka Iraizos. In 2019, Yassina was loaned to Sevilla, where he finally showed himself in all his glory. At the end of the season, he and his team celebrated the victory in the UEFA Europa League, and the next cycle of matches became the brightest in the Moroccan's career. He managed not only to keep 15 clean sheets, but also to score a goal and an assist. True, the goalkeeper scored an own goal, but this does not count against his merits, thanks to which the Andalusians signed a four-year contract with him. Alongside his club achievements, the footballer has developed his career at the national team level. He started playing for the Moroccan national team as a junior and made his senior team debut in 2013.

Privacy

Yassin's personal life is no less successful than his career on the football field. He met his future wife Imane in 2012. The girl comes from Morocco and is only a year younger than her husband. When Bunu moved to Spain, she followed him and therefore can always be seen in the stands, cheering for Sevilla.

In 2020, there were more fans in the camp: in August, Imane and Yassin had a son, who was named Isaac. The mother proudly shares photos of the baby on Instagram (the social network is banned in the Russian Federation; it belongs to the Meta company, which is recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation). The footballer's wife can be called a blogger: she has hundreds of thousands of subscribers, and she often publishes advertising posts on her account promoting Moroccan brands of textiles and accessories.

Yassin Bunu now

The 2022 FIFA World Cup kicked off in November, where Yassin arrived as a member of the Moroccan national team. His team found itself in Group F, where their opponents were Croatia, Belgium and Canada. With one draw and two wins, the Africans confidently took first place in the group and qualified for the knockout stage against Spain.

Bunu did not play against Belgium, kept a clean sheet in the match against the Croatians, but missed a goal in the match against the Canadians, which did not prevent his team from winning. Yassin became a real hero on December 6, 2022, when in the 1/8 finals of a confrontation with Spain, he did not allow his goal to be scored either in regular time or in the penalty shootout and thus helped the Moroccan national team reach the next round of the playoffs. The meeting with the Portuguese also went dry for the goalkeeper, which led his team to the semi-finals of the World Cup, where their opponents were the French team.

Achievements

  • 2010 – Winner of the Moroccan Championship with the Wydad club
  • 2011 – CAF Champions League finalist with the Wydad club
  • 2014 – Winner of the Spanish Super Cup with Atlético Madrid
  • 2020 – UEFA Europa League winner with Sevilla club
  • 2020 – In the symbolic team of the UEFA Europa League at the end of the season
  • 2022 – In the symbolic team of the Spanish Championship at the end of the season
  • 2022 – Winner of the Zamora Trophy as the goalkeeper with the best goals conceded average in a season
  • 2022 – Best African footballer in the Spanish Championship
  • 2022 – Best Moroccan goalkeeper of the year

FAQ

Who is Yassine Bounou?
Yassine Bounou is a Moroccan goalkeeper, known for his performances at club and national level.
Where does Yassine Bounou play?
He currently plays for Spanish club Sevilla FC.
What are its main successes?
Bounou won the Europa League with Sevilla and shone at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
What is his size ?
Yassine Bounou is approximately 1,90 m tall.
When did he start his professional career?
He began his professional career in 2012 with Wydad Casablanca.
Yassine bounou