Yassine Bounou (Bono), is a Canadian-Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Sevilla and the Morocco national team.
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Born on born 5 April 1991 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Bono moved to Morocco at an early age, and made his senior debut with Wydad Casablanca in 2011, after being promoted to the first-team a year earlier.
Standing at 1.95m tall, Bono moved to La Liga club Atlético Madrid, being initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División on 14th June 2012.
He was loaned to Real Zaragoza, Girona and then Sevilla (who finally signed him).
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Bono joined Sevilla FC in the top tier, on loan for one year in 2019.
He played second fiddle to Tomáš Vaclík in the league season, but played regularly in the domestic cup and as the side won the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, earning plaudits for his performance against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the quarter-finals as he saved a penalty from Raúl Jiménez to earn a 1–0 win.
He also earned massive plaudits as Sevilla defeated Manchester United 2–1 during the semi-final.
During the final against Inter Milan, he saved Romelu Lukaku’s one-on-one strike, leading to Sevilla winning the final 3–2.
On 4 September 2020, Bono signed a permanent four-year contract with the Andalusians.
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