Yacine Qasmi

Yacine Qasmi (Arabic: ياسين قاسمي‎; born 3 January 1991) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Rayo Vallecano as a striker.

Yacine Qasmi
Personal information
Full name Yacine Qasmi
Date of birth (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991
Place of birth Pontoise, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Rayo Vallecano
Number 14
Youth career
1996–1998 Cosmo Taverny
1998–2009 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Paris Saint-Germain II 36 (12)
2010–2011 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
2011–2012 Rennes II 23 (8)
2012–2013 Getafe B 30 (5)
2013–2014 Sporting B 30 (5)
2014–2015 Sestao River 17 (3)
2015 Compostela 13 (6)
2015–2016 Alcoyano 27 (11)
2016–2017 Mérida 32 (3)
2017–2019 Melilla 57 (21)
2019–2020 Elche 39 (9)
2020– Rayo Vallecano 24 (3)
National team
2010 Morocco U20 12 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2020

Club career

Born in Pontoise, Qasmi joined Paris Saint-Germain's youth setup in 1999, from Cosmo de Taverny. After appearing as a senior with the reserves, he made his professional debut on 15 December 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute for Mathieu Bodmer in a 1–1 UEFA Europa League away draw against FC Karpaty Lviv.[1]

On 6 July 2011, Qasmi signed a one-year deal with another reserve team, Rennes II.[2] In the 2012 summer, he went on a trial at S.L. Benfica, initially appearing for the B-team;[3] however, nothing came of it and he signed a 1+2 contract with Getafe CF, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[4]

Qasmi subsequently resumed his career in Spain and its third tier, representing Sporting de Gijón B,[5] Sestao River Club,[6] SD Compostela,[7] CD Alcoyano,[8] Mérida AD[9] and UD Melilla.[10]

On 6 February 2019, Qasmi signed for Elche CF in Segunda División, as the club paid his €300,000 release clause.[11] He made his professional league debut three days later in a 2–1 home loss to Real Oviedo, as a 78th-minute substitute for Benjamín Martínez;[12] on 24 February he scored his first goal in such a competition, in a 2–2 draw at CD Lugo.[13]

On 31 January 2020, Qasmi agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Rayo Vallecano still in the second division.[14]

International career

Although born in France, Qasmi appeared for Morocco under-20 team in a friendly match against Burkina Faso in July 2010.[15]

References
  1. "Karpaty and PSG make their point". UEFA.com. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  2. "Rennes: Qasmi est arrivé" [Rennes: Qasmi arrives] (in French). Mercato 365. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  3. "Jogador à experiência. Quem é Yacine Qasmi?" [Player on trial. Who is Yacine Qasmi?] (in Portuguese). Benfica B. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  4. "Yacine Qasmi assina pelo Getafe" [Yacine Qasmi signs for Getafe] (in Portuguese). Benfica B. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  5. "El filial cierra los fichajes de Joni y Yacine Qasmi" [The reserves complete the signings of Joni and Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. "El Sestao ficha al delantero Yacine Qasmi" [Sestao signs forward Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). Vavel. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. "La SD Compostela incorpora a Yacine Qasmi" [Compostela signs Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). Compostela's official website. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  8. "Yacine Qasmi refuerza el ataque del Alcoyano" [Yacine Qasmi bolsters the attack of Alcoyano] (in Spanish). Vavel. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  9. "El Mérida ficha al delantero franco marroquí Yacine Qasmi, procedente del Alcoyano" [Mérida sign Franco-Moroccan striker Yacine Qasmi from Alcoyano] (in Spanish). Hoy. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  10. "La U.D. Melilla contrata al franco marroquí Yacine Qasmi" [UD Melilla sign the Franco-Moroccan Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). UD Melilla. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  11. "OFICIAL | Yacine, gol y potencia para la delantera franjiverde" [OFFICIAL | Yacine, goal and power for the franjiverde forward line] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  12. "Toché sentencia al Elche con un gol de penalti en el descuento" [Toché sentences Elche with an added-time penalty]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  13. Egea, Adrián (24 February 2019). "El Elche saca un punto de Lugo con sabor a permanencia (2–2)" [Elche take a point from Lugo that tastes of survival (2–2)] (in Spanish). Teleelx. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  14. "Yacine Qasmi nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Yacine Qasmi new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  15. "Découverte: Yacine Qasmi "C'est une immense fierté de représenter le Maroc"" [Discovery: Yacine Qasmi "It's an immense pride to represent Morocco"] (in French). Maghress. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
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