Meet the blue-eyed boy of African and Arab football Yassine Bounou and his wife
- 14 Dec 2022
Syed Shayaan Bakht, Gulf Today
After the Moroccan national team reached the semi-finals of the Qatar World Cup 2022, not only did the team's name top Google's search engine as it was the first Arab team to reach this stage, but Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou was also highlighted.
Why? Because he is the first Arab goalkeeper who managed to save more than three penalty kicks in the World Cup during one match.
Yassine Bounou, also known as Bono's success made him the focus of everyone's attention, and they began to question his personal life, especially with regard to his wife.
Who is she? And when did she meet the Moroccan goalkeeper?
We will reveal to you some information about her, in addition to the most important facts about Yassine Bounou.
Who is Yassine Bounou's wife?
Her name is Imane Khb and she holds Moroccan citizenship. She was born in the Moroccan city of Settat in 1992.
Imane met her husband, Yassine Bounou, for the first time when he was a senior member of the Wydad Casablanca team.
In 2012, Imane married the Moroccan goalkeeper, after he received an offer from the Spanish team Atletico Madrid, to move with him to live in Spain.
The couple has only one child, their son Isaac. She accompanied her husband, Yassine Bounou, on some of his sports trips for the national team, to support and encourage him.
Yassine Bounou's wife publishes pictures of her different looks, so that you can take inspiration from them, in addition to some snapshots of her son.
His spouse loves animals and cares for a puppy named Alasan Mamalute and a cat as pets.
Who is Yassine Bounou?
Yassine Bounou was born in April 1991 in the Canadian city of Montreal, and he is of Moroccan descent.
He returned with his family to Morocco in his childhood, and they settled in the Marsa Al-Sultan area in the city of Casablanca.
Yassine Bounou's passion for football appeared from a young age, so his father enrolled him in the Moroccan Football Club Wydad School in Casablanca, when he was 8 years old.
He participated in the Casa Cup competition, and thanks to his quick reflexes and his tall stature compared to his teammates, the coach of the team placed him in the goalkeeper position.
In 2009-2010, he joined the first team of the Moroccan club Wydad Sporting Club, at the age of 19, as the second goalkeeper, behind Nader Lemyaghri, who was the first goalkeeper for the Casablanca team.
In 2011, he played his first match in the professional league championship in Morocco against Defense Club Hassani El Jadidi, and conceded the only goal in the match. Then he participated in 8 league matches, before the goalkeeper returned to resume work again.
Yassine Bounou played his first match with the Moroccan national team in 2013 against Burkina Faso at Ibn Battuta Stadium in Tangiers, and it was a friendly match that the Atlas Lions lost 1-2.
In 2015-2016, Yassine Bounou joined the Spanish club Real Zaragoza, and then moved to the Spanish club Girona. He played a major role in the club’s rise to the first division, La Liga, after 87 years of its founding.
In 2021, Yassine Bounou entered the history of the Andalusian club after preventing the ball from entering the net for 528 minutes in the Spanish League, surpassing the record held by Portuguese goalkeeper Beto by 516 minutes, during the 2014-2015 season.