Yassine Gessime
Morocco
FWD
Age
20
Appearances
0
Goals
0
About Yassine Gessime
Yassine Gessime takes his place in Morocco's confirmed 26 for the 2026 World Cup, a forward named in Mohamed Ouahbi's squad. Morocco qualified for the finals by winning their CAF group, and the Strasbourg forward goes into the tournament aged 20 and valued at around €12 million.
Gessime rose quickly through the game, going from amateur football to the professional ranks within four years and winning the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup with Morocco, where he was twice voted the tournament's best player. He earned his senior Morocco debut in 2026 and has won 3 caps. This season he has made 34 club appearances and scored 3 goals. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
Gessime rose quickly through the game, going from amateur football to the professional ranks within four years and winning the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup with Morocco, where he was twice voted the tournament's best player. He earned his senior Morocco debut in 2026 and has won 3 caps. This season he has made 34 club appearances and scored 3 goals. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
World Cup 2026 Stats
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Playing Style
Yassine Gessime is an explosive right winger who plays his club football in Ligue 1, a quick wide attacker on the flank. He came through to the professional game in a short space of time, and his pace is the basis of how he plays.
He stands 1.72 m and is left-footed. This season he has logged 1,719 minutes of club football across his appearances, and at 20 he heads to the World Cup at an early stage of his career with Morocco.
He stands 1.72 m and is left-footed. This season he has logged 1,719 minutes of club football across his appearances, and at 20 he heads to the World Cup at an early stage of his career with Morocco.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup is set to be Yassine Gessime's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, having earned his senior Morocco debut in 2026 and won 3 caps so far. He is in Morocco's confirmed 26-man squad for the tournament, named by Mohamed Ouahbi. For a 20-year-old who was playing amateur football only a few years ago, a place in a World Cup squad is a notable rise in a short space of time.
National Team
Morocco
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Gessime's contribution for Morocco is in wide attack, a young right winger offering pace on the flank. This season he has scored 3 goals across 34 club appearances, a busy campaign of football for a player still early in his career. On the Goal Rush card Morocco are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That wide attacking option is what Morocco get from him as they begin their group campaign at the finals.
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Gessime at the 2026 World Cup
Gessime is a confirmed forward in Mohamed Ouahbi's 26-man Morocco squad for the 2026 World Cup. Morocco begin their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June.
Picking Morocco in Goal Rush
A Tier 3 team, Morocco are set at £17m for the tournament. Gessime is one of the forwards in Ouahbi's 26, part of the Morocco squad for the group stage.
Yassine Gessime World Cup 2026 FAQs
Morocco are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Gessime is one of their forwards, named in Mohamed Ouahbi's confirmed 26, so for Goal Rush he is a squad name at that mid-tier team price for the tournament.
Gessime is a forward for Morocco, a right winger by trade. He plays his club football for Strasbourg in Ligue 1 and is part of Mohamed Ouahbi's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Morocco's final 26-man group.
No. The 2026 World Cup is set to be Gessime's first. He has no previous senior World Cup appearances, reaching the tournament for the first time after his place in Morocco's 26-man squad was confirmed. Morocco qualified for the finals by winning their CAF group.
Gessime plays his club football for Strasbourg in France. He is named among Morocco's forwards in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26, with Morocco opening their Group C campaign against Brazil in mid-June.
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