Yassine Bounou
Morocco
GK
Age
35
Appearances
0
Clean sheets
0
About Yassine Bounou
Named in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26, Yassine Bounou heads to the 2026 World Cup as a goalkeeper for Morocco. Morocco qualified for the finals by winning their CAF group, and the Al-Hilal keeper will be 35 when the tournament starts, valued at around €3 million.
An experienced goalkeeper, Bounou won the Europa League twice with Sevilla and was named Player of the Match in the 2023 final after saving two penalties. He has won 90 caps over a long international career for Morocco. This season his Al-Hilal campaign in Saudi Arabia reads 36 appearances in goal. At 35, he remains a vastly experienced figure between the posts. Morocco open their Group C campaign against Brazil on 13 June 2026, with Scotland and Haiti to follow in the group.
An experienced goalkeeper, Bounou won the Europa League twice with Sevilla and was named Player of the Match in the 2023 final after saving two penalties. He has won 90 caps over a long international career for Morocco. This season his Al-Hilal campaign in Saudi Arabia reads 36 appearances in goal. At 35, he remains a vastly experienced figure between the posts. 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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Minutes played
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Clean sheets
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Goals conceded
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Playing Style
Yassine Bounou is an experienced goalkeeper and a big-game shot-stopper with a strong record in high-pressure moments. He is known in particular for his penalty saves and for his clean-sheet record at club and international level.
He stands 1.92 m and is left-footed. This season he has logged 3,300 minutes of club football for Al-Hilal, and at 35 he brings that experience and big-game temperament between the posts to Mohamed Ouahbi's Morocco.
He stands 1.92 m and is left-footed. This season he has logged 3,300 minutes of club football for Al-Hilal, and at 35 he brings that experience and big-game temperament between the posts to Mohamed Ouahbi's Morocco.
World Cup History
The 2026 World Cup will be Yassine Bounou's third. He was in Morocco's squad at the 2018 finals and was first-choice goalkeeper as they finished fourth at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he saved two penalties in the round-of-16 shootout against Spain and kept four clean sheets. Mohamed Ouahbi has named him in the 26 once more, and he arrives with 90 senior caps for Morocco. As a veteran of two previous World Cups, he returns to the tournament for a third time.
National Team
Morocco
Tier 3
£17m
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Goal Rush Impact
Bounou's value to Morocco is the work of a goalkeeper: shot-stopping and a big-game temperament built on years at the top of the game. This season he has made 36 appearances in goal for Al-Hilal across all competitions. On the Goal Rush card Morocco are a Tier 3 side at £17m within the game's £200m card budget. That goalkeeping experience and reliability between the posts is what Morocco get from him at the finals.
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Bounou at the 2026 World Cup
Bounou is a confirmed goalkeeper 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. Bounou is one of the goalkeepers in Ouahbi's 26, part of the Morocco squad for the group stage.
Yassine Bounou World Cup 2026 FAQs
Morocco are a Tier 3 team at £17m on the Goal Rush card. Bounou is one of their goalkeepers, named in Mohamed Ouahbi's confirmed 26, so for Goal Rush he is a squad name at that mid-tier team price rather than a goalscoring pick.
Bounou is a goalkeeper for Morocco. He plays his club football for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia and is part of Mohamed Ouahbi's national-team squad for the 2026 World Cup, named in Morocco's final 26-man group.
Yes. Bounou was in Morocco's squad at the 2018 World Cup and was first-choice goalkeeper as they finished fourth in 2022, so the 2026 finals will be his third. Mohamed Ouahbi has named him in the 26 once more for Morocco.
Bounou plays his club football for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. He is named among Morocco's goalkeepers in Mohamed Ouahbi's final 26, with Morocco opening their Group C campaign against Brazil in mid-June.
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