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Yassine Bounou

Yassine Bounou, Moroccan footballer

Born
April 5, 1991
Age in 2026
35
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1991

About Yassine Bounou

Yassine Bounou (born 5 April 1991), also known mononymously as Bono, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national team. Bounou began his youth career in Morocco, playing for Wydad AC. He spent most of his senior career in Spain, making over 150 La Liga appearances, and over 50 in the Segunda División. During the 2021–22 season, he won the Zamora Trophy for the first time in the history of Sevilla. Bounou was ranked thirteenth for the 2023 Ballon d'Or and third for the 2023 Yashin Trophy. He also ranked in third place for The Best FIFA Goalkeeper in 2022 and 2023, and in second place for the IFFHS World's Best Goalkeeper in 2022. At international level, he reached the semi-finals with his national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Born in Canada to Moroccan parents, Bounou returned to Morocco at the age of two with his family. He has been a full international for Morocco since 2013. Having previously played for the under-23 team at the 2012 Olympics, he has represented his nation at three FIFA World Cup and five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments. In 2011, he made his senior debut in the club, after having been promoted to the first-team a year earlier. He started his first match with the Wydad AC first team in front of 80,000 supporters on the occasion of the final of the CAF Champions League against Espérance de Tunis.

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Yassine Bounou timeline

  1. In 2011, he made his senior debut in the club, after having been promoted to the first-team a year earlier.
  2. During the 2021–22 season, he won the Zamora Trophy for the first time in the history of Sevilla.

The world when Yassine Bounou was born

Yassine Bounou was born in 1991. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1991

  • #1 song"(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" – Bryan Adams
  • Top movieThe Silence of the Lambs
  • Top TV showCheers
  • Best-selling bookScarlett – Alexandra Ripley

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMichael Jordan wins his first NBA Championship
  • Top headlineSoviet Union dissolves
  • Technology milestoneFirst website goes live (info.cern.ch)
  • Defining fadGrunge music
  • Notable inventionSuper Nintendo (SNES)
  • World population5.37 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
  • Sports championMinnesota Twins (World Series)
  • Also wonChicago Bulls (NBA)
  • U.S. population252.2M

1991 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Yassine Bounou's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19912026
Gas$1.14$3.45/gal
Average home$99,700$435,000
Average income$35,945$67,500
Minimum wage$4.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$4.21$11.95
Postage stamp$0.29$0.73
Population252.2M341 million

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