Yassin Bounou.. the most important "black" and the strongest dam

He is the lion who protects the den of his national team. No opponent was able to storm his kingdom and score a round that surpasses him, only one round. He is the first Arab goalkeeper to save two penalties in the history of the World Cup. He is the brilliant Yassin Bounou, the goalkeeper of the Moroccan national team.

This impenetrable dam was able to steal attention thanks to its remarkable brilliance with the "Atlas Lions" and their reaching the golden square for the first time in their history. Atlas Lions" to the semi-finals of the World Cup Qatar 2022.

The beginning of "Bono" was from scratch, as he started his career in search of a big dream, loaded with the hopes of youth.

Yassin Bounou was born in 1991 in the Canadian city of Montreal to Moroccan parents, and he returned to Morocco after he was part of an immigrant family to Canadian territory, to start his journey with football.

His start was from Wydad Athletic in Casablanca, to start his football career from there, and he did not start directly as the main goalkeeper for the team, but Bono remained since he was promoted to the first team in 2010, playing the role of second goalkeeper in the Moroccan team, until the moment he waited for came on November 12, 2011 .

With passion and enthusiasm that is not extinguished by failures, he continued to train and develop his skills, and after he gained his experience from Wydad, Yassin Bono became a professional in many Spanish clubs, and his last stop was the Catalan club Seville, which made his star shine with them.

He achieved several achievements, as his dreams began to become a tangible reality on the ground, and his history was crowned with achievements, the most prominent of which was his entry into history after his net withstood without conceding any goal for 557 minutes in the league, surpassing goalkeeper Beto’s record of 516 minutes, which he set in 2015.

In December 2021, Moroccan international Yassin Bono topped the rankings of the most clean sheets in Europe in 2021, with 32 “clean sheets” in 59 matches, outperforming all goalkeepers in various European leagues.

Bono was crowned the best goalkeeper in the Spanish League and the European League as well, becoming the first Arab goalkeeper to win this award for the 2021-2022 season.

Despite the interest of the Canadian national team coach in him, he asked to represent the Moroccan national team in international forums, and indeed he participated in the African Championship and the 2018 World Cup.

Bono wrote history and stood like a rock in front of the most important football stars and legends, such as Cristiano Ronaldo, who prevented him from shooting and destroyed his hopes for Portugal's victory, and thus the Moroccan goalkeeper presents a lesson in diligence and also became one of the legends in football.