Bounou with Wydad Casablanca in 2012
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Yassine Bounou | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1991 | ||
Place of birth | Montreal, Canada | ||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Girona | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2010 | Wydad Casablanca | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2012 | Wydad Casablanca | 8 | (0) |
2012–2016 | Atlético Madrid B | 47 | (0) |
2014–2016 | → Zaragoza (loan) | 38 | (0) |
2016– | Girona | 21 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2011–2012 | Morocco U20 | 4 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Morocco U23 | 4 | (0) |
2012– | Morocco | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 November 2015 |
Yassine Bounou (Arabic: ياسين بونو; born 5 April 1991), also known as Bono, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Girona FC as a goalkeeper.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Bounou moved to Morocco at early age, and made his senior debuts with Wydad Casablanca in 2011, after being promoted to the first-team a year earlier. On 14 June 2012 he moved to La Liga's giants Atlético Madrid, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.
Bounou appeared regularly for the B-team in the third level, and signed a new four-year deal on 31 May 2013. In the 2014 summer, after profitting from Thibaut Courtois and Daniel Aranzubia's departures, he was definitely promoted to the main squad.
Bounou made his first-team debut on 24 July 2014, in a 1–0 pre-season friendly win against CD Numancia. On 1 September, he was loaned to Segunda División's Real Zaragoza, in a season-long deal. Kept out by Óscar Whalley for the first half of the campaign, he made his debut the following 11 January in a 5–3 loss at UD Las Palmas, and finished the season with 16 appearances. In the play-offs, after Whalley's performance led to a 0–3 home loss to Girona FC in the first leg, Bounou replaced him in the second for a 4–1 win and advancement on away goals; Zaragoza lost the final by the same rule to UD Las Palmas.