A canadian national team say goodbye to World Cup 2022 without any points, with three defeats. Even if participation is seen as a positive balance, the Canadians said goodbye to the tournament. But there’s still hope Canada At Qatar World Cup which can attract the attention of the North American country.

It is because the Morocco It is one of country with the most foreigners at the 2022 World Cup: 14 in total. among them is Yassine Bounou, O bono, Moroccan born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The goalkeeper is the son of Moroccan parents and moved to the African country when he was two years old. So much so that he started his career in Morocco Wydad Casablanca.

After two years as a professional, he signed with Atletico Madrid B, where he remained for two more years until he reached the main team, where he remained for two more seasons. had a loan Zaragozalater signed definitively with the Girona, where he remained from 2016 to 2020.

In 2019, he signed a loan with Seville which ended up being a definite buy in 2020, where it is to date. Including, in March 2021, against the Real Valladolid, for the The league, the Moroccan goalkeeper is at the origin of the equalizer of the meeting (1 x 1), in the 94th minute. Watch the goal video.

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Yassine Bounou, Bono, has an interesting history in football

bounou was eligible to represent the Canada or the Morocco, but opted to represent the latter, appearing with the Under-20 side in the Toulon Tournament 2012playing a match during the competition.

Soon, he was also selected in the 2012 Summer Olympics Under-23 squad, but acted as a backup to Mohamed Amsif during the tournament, in which the Morocco was eliminated in the group stage.

On August 14, 2013, bounou was called up to the senior squad for a friendly against Burkina Faso. He made his debut the following day, playing the entire second half of an eventual 1–2 loss. bounou was called up to the 23-man squad for the Morocco At Russia World Cup.

bounou was also summoned to Africa Cup of Nations 2021, in Cameroon. At the tournament, he made headlines for his advocacy of using the Arabic language to answer questions. Fluent in English, French, Spanish and Arabic, the goalkeeper refused to address the press in any language other than Arabic, defending his roots and criticizing the lack of simultaneous English translation. Arab.

More so, the incident sparked a discussion about the languages ​​adopted by sports authorities in Africa and around the world, which do not include the Arabic language. It was not the first time that the language issue was raised during tournament press conferences. The coach of the Algerian national team, Djamel Belmadi, had alluded sarcastically to the issue of not allowing Arabic to speak at conferences.

On November 10, 2022, bounou was called up to the 26-man team of the Morocco At FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. In the round of 16 of FIFA World Cup 2022, bounou made two crucial saves in the penalty shootout against Spain send Morocco in the quarter-finals of the competition.

Files of Yassine Bounou

• 2021: First goalkeeper in the history of the Seville score a goal in the league
• 2021: Record minutes, 557, without conceding a goal for a Sevillian goalkeeper in La Liga
• 2021: First African goalkeeper to score in Europe’s top five leagues
• 2021: The goalkeeper with the most clean sheets in 2021 (32 games)
• 2022: First goalkeeper in the history of Seville winning the Zamora Trophy
• 2022: Goalkeeper with the most assists in the 21st century in La Liga with (3 assists)