Moroccan goalkeeper Yasin BonoAfter losing 1-1, 5-4 on penalties to Manchester City on Wednesday in the European Super Cup, he was transferred to Al-Hilal, the Andalusian team of Saudi Arabia, by Sevilla, who did not return with a Seville expedition from Athens. The club was announced on Thursday evening.
One of the pillars of the team coached by José Luis Mendilibar, the Moroccan international player left in 2019 for Saudi Arabian football. A transfer estimated at just over 20 million eurosAccording to the sources of the operation, Sevilla did not specify the details of the agreement reached with Al-Hilal in its statement.
Born 32 years ago in Montreal (Canada), Bono closed his four-season career in Sevilla with a record of 142 games, 58 conceding goals, two Europa League titles (2020 and 2023) and victories. a Zamora Cup and its definition third best goalkeeper in the world at the premiere of FIFA’s Best for the awesome 2021-22 campaign. On this course he also scored a goal after joining the attack in the extra time of a league match played in Valladolid that led to a draw for the Nervionenses.
In the statement made by the Sevilla club, it was reported that the Moroccan player will bid farewell to Sevilla with an official ceremony in the near future. and wish him good luck in this new future opening up to him. Thank you Bono!”.
The Moroccan international came to Sevilla on loan from Girona in the summer of 2019, with a 4m euros buy option, which he exercised at the end of the 19-20 season, when his Sevilla presence began in place of the Czech. Although Tomas Vaclík let his wounds take ownership. Returning to football, especially after the break due to the pandemic, the goalkeeper came to the fore with his great performance against Wolverhampton in the quarter finals, who played in the last leg of La Liga played in Germany and the last leg of the Europa League. In the semi-finals Manchester United and in the championship duel Inter Milan conquered Sevilla.
He played 45 games the following season, 33 of which were in LaLiga and the rest in the Champions League and Copa del Rey, and continued to start outside the bracket in 2021-22, already in goal competition with Serbian Marko Dmitrovic. A route where he completed his march to the African Cup in January with the success of winning the first Zamora Cup in Sevilla history. Bono earned this highest award for a goalkeeper in LaLiga with 24 goals conceded in 31 games and a scoring coefficient of 0.77 conceded.
In 2023, the Moroccan goalkeeper attended FIFA’s Best gala after being nominated among the best goalkeepers in the world thanks to his previous spectacular campaign, placing third in the voting behind Argentina’s Emiliano Martínez and Belgium’s Thibaut Courtois. In the 2022/23 season, the Bono played 36 matches between LaLiga, ‘Champions’, Copa del Rey and the UEFA Europa League, where he once again proved decisive by making big saves in the qualifiers against Manchester United and Juventus. Sevilla will win their seventh Europa League title as a penalty shootout hero in the final against Rome.