Sevilla officially transfer goalkeeper Bono to Al Hilal Saudi Arabia

Bono managed to win Zamora’s first Trophy in Sevilla’s history and was named the third best goalkeeper in the world in their impressive 2021-22 campaign.

Moroccan goalkeeper Yassin Bonowho did not return with Sevilla’s flight from Athens after Wednesday’s defeat in the European Super Cup against it Manchester city (1-1, 5-4 on penalties), quoted by Seville for the Saudi team Crescent moonAndalusian club announced.

The Moroccan international, one of the mainstays of the team coached by Jose Luis Mendelibar, is leaving for Saudi Arabia for football in a deal worth just over 20 million euros, according to the sources of the operation, although Seville It did not specify in its statement the details of the agreement reached with Crescent moon.

associationBorn 32 years ago in Montreal (Canada), he finished his four-season career with the Sevilla team with a record of 142 appearances, 58 clean sheets, winning two European League titles (2020 and 2023), the Zamora Cup and the title. He was named the third best goalkeeper in the world at the FIFA The Best ceremony for his impressive 2021-22 season

In that cycle, in addition, he scored after joining the attack in extra time of the league match played in Valladolid that led to a draw with Nerviunenses.

The Seville club, which thanked him, said the following message: Seville Club Thanks to Bono for his work and performance in this phase that is about to end and I wish him all the best in the new future that opens up for him. Thank you Bono! “

International with Morocco arrived Seville In the summer of 2019, on loan from Girona with an option to buy at a value of 4 million euros, the Seville entity exercised at the end of that 19-20 campaign, in which he started as a substitute for the Czech Tomas Vaclik, despite his injuries that they suffered. He was allowed to take ownership.

The goalkeeper stood out, especially after the return of football after confinement due to the epidemic, as he played the last half of the game league And the final stage of the European League was played in Germany with his impressive performance against them Wolverhampton in rooms Manchester United In the semi-finals and Inter de Milan In the duel for the title, he ended up conquering Sevilla.

The following season he played 45 matches, 33 of them league And the rest of the Champions League and the King’s Cup, and in 2021-22, already with Serbian Marko Dmitrovic as a goal contender, he continued to launch except in brackets his run to the African Cup in January, a cycle that concluded with Zamora’s first trophy win in the history of Seville.

association This is the highest award for a goalkeeper league With 24 goals conceded in 31 games he played, a coefficient of 0.77 goals.

In 2023, the Moroccan goalkeeper attended FIFA’s The Best ceremony after being named among the best goalkeepers in the world thanks to his previous impressive campaign, an act in which he finished third in the voting behind the Argentine. Emiliano Martinez and the Belgian Thibaut Courtois.

In the last season 2022/23, association He played 36 matches between LaLiga, the “Champions”, the King’s Cup and the European League, where he made a wonderful save in the qualifiers against Manchester United And Juventusagain crucial for Seville He won his seventh European League title by being the penalty shootout champion in the final, which Roma won.