Protecting the Moroccan National Team's goal, Yassine Bono made history as the first African net guard to not concede a goal in four matches in a single World Cup.
Yassine Bounou, nicknamed Bono, was born on April 5, 1991, in Montreal, Canada. Bounou, who started football with Moroccan League team Wydad Casablanca, later took a giant step in his career by transferring to Spain's Atletico Madrid B team.
Yassine Bounou (born 5 April 1991), also known as Bono, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Sevilla and the Morocco national team.
In the later stages of his career, the 31-year-old goalkeeper, who transferred to Real Zaragoza, Girona, and finally Spanish giant Sevilla for the 2020-21 season with a 4 million Euro transfer fee, saw 31 goals in his castle while playing 16 games with Sevilla this season and closed his goal in 2 games.
The 1.91 m tall, left-footed star goalkeeper played in 50 matches with the Moroccan National Team.
December 2022
Morocco is walking confidently towards the final in the tournament tree with the football it plays.
Morocco, which showed a very good defensive performance in the remaining 5 matches of the tournament, closed its castle to its rivals.
Morocco, which does not allow world stars to pass through the center of the defense and minimizes the danger of its opponents who turn to the flanks in that region, also has a goalkeeper like Bono in penalty shootouts. The 31-year-old netkeeper opened the door to the quarter-finals for his team by saving three penalties against Spain.
Morocco scored the only goal in the tournament's goal with Naif Aguerd in the group match against Canada.
Morocco, which prioritizes the security of its defense, received only 1 goal in the last 8 matches.
Bono, the first African goalkeeper to not concede in 4 games
Protecting the Moroccan National Team's goal, Yassine Bono made history as the first African net guard to not concede a goal in four matches in a single World Cup.
Bono, 31, played in Sevilla and played his 50th game for the national team against Portugal.