Bono's story: he was born in Canada, is a fan of River and made history with Morocco in the World Cup

The Moroccans eliminated Spain and entered the quarterfinals for the first time, thanks to the saves by the Sevilla goalkeeper.

The Morocco national team made history in the Qatar World Cup 2022. After drawing 0-0 in ninety minutes and in extra time, defeated Spain 3-0 on penalties and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in a World Cup. The great person in charge of the triumph was Yassine Bounoubetter known as Bonowho was born in Canada, is river fan and that he saved two shots from the twelve steps to put his team among the eight best.

Bono, the River fanatic goalkeeper who made history with Morocco

Yassine Bounou was born on April 5, 1991 in Montreal, Canada. at seven years moved to Morocco country of origin of your parents, and He started football at Wydad Casablanca. When I was little, he grew up watching argentinian soccerand even revealed that the first shirt they gave him was from the Argentine National Team. His favorite player was Ariel Ortega and that’s where his fanaticism for River. “From there it’s my favorite team. So, there I followed Argentine soccer. I was a big fan of Ariel Ortega. My dog’s name is Ariel. I loved Ortega. Those types of soccer players are disappearing. He was one of my favorite players and I put the name on him. name the dog” stated some time ago in an interview with TyC Sports. While preparing for the key clash with La Roja in this World Cup, the Moroccan received two very special gifts: the jacket signed by Ariel Ortega and a video in which he dedicated some warm words to him.

(VIDEO) The Moroccan figure who received the gift of an idol from River

From ‘eternal substitute’ to Moroccan hero: Bono’s story

Although he was born in Montreal, Canada, in April 1991, Yassine Bounou moved to Morocco at the age of seven, where her parents are from. He started football at Wydad Casablancabut in 2012 it was bought by Atlético de Madrid and emigrated to Spain. He played in the Colchonero’s B team until in 2014 he went to Zaragoza, in the Second Division. His debut only took place in 2015 and Las Palmas scored five goals in a 5-3 win. He played a total of 38 games in two seasons.

For 2016 he signed for Girona, also in the Spanish promotion, and went Substitute for René Román in the team that achieved promotion to La Liga in Spain, already as owner. For 2019, Girona was relegated again and Bono went on loan to Seville, where he started again as a substitute, this time for Tomáš Vaclík. After the stoppage due to the Covid-19 pandemic, The Czech suffered a knee injury and Bono took advantage of his opportunity, was a figure in obtaining the Europa League and established himself as a starter. In the last season, he won the Zamora Trophy for the goalkeeper with the fewest goals scored in the Spanish League.

In the Qatar World Cup 2022, it was starter in the goalless draw with Croatia, lost the match against Belgium for dizziness just before the start of the game and went back from the start in the last match against Canada, where they made it to the round of 16. Ante spainconceded no goals in the 120 minutes and, In the penalty shootout, he saved Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets from penalties, becoming the hero of Morocco’s qualification to the quarterfinals of a World Cup for the first time in history.