Yassine Bounou
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Bounou with Morocco in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yassine Bounou | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 5 April 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Al Hilal | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2010 | Wydad Casablanca | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Wydad Casablanca | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2014 | Atlético Madrid B | 47 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2016 | Atlético Madrid | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | → Real Zaragoza (loan) | 35 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2020 | Girona | 83 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Sevilla (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2023 | Sevilla | 90 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Al Hilal | 80 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Morocco U20 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013– | Morocco | 87 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 14 March 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 January 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Yassine Bounou (born 5 April 1991), also known as Bono mononymously, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national team.
Bono began his youth career in Morocco, playing for Wydad AC. He spent most of his senior career in Spain, making over 150 La Liga appearances, and over 50 in the Segunda División. During the 2021–22 season, he won the Zamora Trophy for the first time in the history of Sevilla. Bono was ranked thirteenth for the 2023 Ballon d'Or while third and fifth for the 2023 and 2025 Yashin Trophy respectively. He also ranked third place for The Best FIFA Goalkeeper in 2022 and 2023, and third place by the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in 2022, at the international level, he achieved fourth place with his national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
Born in Canada to Moroccan parents, Bono returned to Morocco at the age of three with his family. He has been a full international for Morocco since 2013. Having previously played for the under-23 team at the 2012 Olympics, he has represented his nation at two FIFA World Cup and five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.