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Yassine Bounou, also known mononymously as Bono, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national team.
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sports · Morocco international footballer (born 1991) · association football player · also Yassine Bounou, Bono, سلام بيخير هاني ياسين بونو, Bounou
Born 5 April 1991 · Q3571952
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Public attention spiked: 5,946 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4× the usual 1,474, with 5 article edits. Editors noted: took the dual nationality to the personal life section
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Public attention spiked: 154,532 Wikipedia readers in one day, 104.9× the usual 1,474, with 16 article edits. Editors noted: Added 2 {{Bare URL inline}} tag(s) using a script. For other recently-tagged pages with bare URLs, see :Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from July
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Public attention spiked: 96,381 Wikipedia readers in one day, 65.4× the usual 1,474, with 22 article edits. Editors noted: removed the propaganda website Morocco World News
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Public attention spiked: 108,339 Wikipedia readers in one day, 73.5× the usual 1,474, with 11 article edits. Editors noted: Infobox photo is from a match in the World Cup; when this is the case, this is specified in the caption
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Public attention spiked: 6,125 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.2× the usual 1,474, with 4 article edits. Editors noted: Personal life
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Public attention spiked: 14,587 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.9× the usual 1,474, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Updating winning streak
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Won: King's Cup with Al-Hilal (2025–26).
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Won award: Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Month (May 2026).
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Won award: Joy Awards Sportsman of the Year (2026).
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Won award: IFFHS Africa Team of The Year (2025).
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Won award: Africa Cup of Nations Golden Glove (2025).
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Won: Africa Cup of Nations with Morocco (2025).
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Won award: UMFP Best Moroccan goalkeeper abroad (2024–25).
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Won award: Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Month (January 2025).
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Won award: African Goalkeeper of the Year (2025).
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Won award: Africa Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament (2025).
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Won award: Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Month (October 2025).
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Won the Saudi King Cup with Al Hilal (2023-2024).
Won the Saudi Pro League with Al Hilal (2023-2024).
Won the Saudi Super Cup with Al Hilal (2024).
Won award: Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Month (February 2024).
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Won award: UMFP Best Moroccan goalkeeper abroad (2023–24).
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Won: Saudi Pro League with Al-Hilal (2023–24).
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Won: Saudi Super Cup with Al-Hilal (2024).
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Won award: Saudi Super Cup Best goalkeeper (2024).
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Won award: Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Season (2023–24).
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Won: King's Cup with Al-Hilal (2023–24).
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Won the Saudi Super Cup with Al Hilal (2023).
Won award: UEFA Europa League Team of the Season (2022–23).
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Won: UEFA Europa League with Sevilla (2022–23).
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Won: Saudi Super Cup with Al-Hilal (2023).
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Won award: "Lion d'Or" African Footballer of the Year (2023).
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Won award: "Africa d'Or" African Footballer of the Year (2023).
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Won award: African Goalkeeper of the Year (2023).
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Won award: IFFHS Africa Team of The Year (2023).
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Won award: Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Month (October 2023).
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Won award: Saudi Pro League Goalkeeper of the Month (November 2023).
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Won award: UMFP Best Moroccan goalkeeper abroad (2022–23).
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Bounou was nominated for the 2023 Ballon d'Or and The 2023 Best FIFA Football Awards
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Played for Al Hilal SFC (2023) — 88 appearances, 0 goals.
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fact checker rated the claim “The Spanish newspaper Marca confirmed that the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou signed with Real Madrid.” fake.
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fact checker rated the claim “FIFA withdrew the Golden Glove award from Emiliano Martinez and gave it to the Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou.” fake.
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fact checker rated the claim “Yassine Bounou, the Moroccan teams goalkeeper, recently refused to speak any language other than Arabic saying:It is not my problem that you don't speak Arabic and you didn't bring translators.” misleading.
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Won award: La Liga Zamora Trophy (2021–22).
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Won award: Order of the Throne (2022).
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Awarded Officer of the Order of the Throne (2022).
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Won award: UMFP Best Moroccan goalkeeper abroad (2021–22).
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Won award: IFFHS Africa Team of The Year (2022).
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Won award: La Liga Team of the Season (2021–22).
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Won award: La Liga Best African Player (2021–22).
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And 2023, and in second place for the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in 2022
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Won: UEFA Europa League with Sevilla (2019–20).
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Won award: UEFA Europa League Team of the Season (2019–20).
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Played for Sevilla FC (2020–2023) — 90 appearances, 1 goals.
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Played for Sevilla FC (2019–2020) — 6 appearances, 0 goals.
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And they welcomed a son named Isaac in 2020
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Played for Girona FC (2016–2020) — 83 appearances, 0 goals.
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Won the Spanish La Liga with Ath Madrid (2013-2014).
Won: La Liga with Atlético Madrid (2013–14).
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Won: Supercopa de España with Atlético Madrid (2014).
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Played for Real Zaragoza (2014–2016) — 35 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Morocco men's national football team (2013) — 93 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Ath Madrid in 2013.
Joined Atlético Madrid B in 2012.
Played for Atlético Madrid B (2012–2014) — 47 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Atlético Madrid (2012–2016) — 0 appearances, 0 goals.
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Runner-up: CAF Champions League with Wydad AC (2011).
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Played for Morocco national under-20 association football team (2011–2012) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
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Played for Morocco national under-21 football team (2011–2012) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
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Made his senior debut with the club, after having been promoted to the first team a year earlier
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Won: Botola Pro with Wydad AC (2009–10).
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Joined Wydad Casablanca in 2010.
At the age of nineteen as the second choice keeper, behind Nadir Lamyaghri
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Played for Wydad Athletic Club (2010–2012) — 10 appearances, 0 goals.
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Joined Wydad Casablanca in 1999.
Joined Montreal Impact in 1997.
Born 1991-04-05.
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