Youssef En-Nesyri

Youssef En-Nesyri (Arabic: يوسف النصيري‎; born 1 June 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays for La Liga Spanish club Sevilla FC as a striker and for the Morocco national team.

Youssef En-Nesyri
En-Nesyri with Sevilla in 2020
Personal information
Full name Youssef En-Nesyri[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997
Place of birth Fez, Morocco
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Sevilla
Number 15
Youth career
Maghreb Fez
2011–2015 Mohammed VI Academy
2015–2016 Málaga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Málaga B 6 (6)
2016–2018 Málaga 38 (5)
2018–2020 Leganés 49 (13)
2020– Sevilla 38 (17)
National team‡
2015–2016 Morocco U20 7 (3)
2016– Morocco 34 (11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 January 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

He spent his professional career in Spain, representing Málaga, Leganés and Sevilla in La Liga.

A full international for Morocco since 2016, he represented the nation at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and two Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.

Club career

Málaga

After starting his youth career at Mohammed VI Football Academy, En-Nesyri joined Málaga CF for a fee of €125,000 in 2015.[3] Initially assigned to the Juvenil squad, he made his senior debut for the reserves on 16 April 2016, scoring the last in a 3–1 Tercera División away win against Guadix CF.[4] He netted back-to-back goals in the following three matches against CD Huétor Tájar,[5] River Melilla CF[6] and FC Vilafranca[7] and went on to become an integral player for the reserve side which narrowly missed promotion to Segunda Division B.[8]

On 8 July 2016, En-Nesyri was included in first team manager Juande Ramos' pre-season squad,[9] and scored a double in a 4–0 friendly win against Algeciras CF eight days later.[10]

On 23 August 2016, after scoring six goals during the pre-season, En-Nesyri agreed to a contract extension until 2020.[11] Three days later he made his professional – and La Liga – debut, coming on as a late substitute for Keko in a 2–2 away draw against RCD Espanyol.[12]

En-Nesyri scored his first professional goal on 21 September 2016, netting the winner in a 2–1 home victory against SD Eibar, after coming on as a substitute for Charles.[13] He contributed with four goals in 25 league appearances during the 2017–18 campaign, as his side suffered relegation.

Leganés

On 17 August 2018, following Malaga's relegation from the La Liga, En-Nesyri signed a five-year contract with CD Leganés in the main category.[14] He scored his first goals in his ninth game, to earn a 2–2 home draw with nearby Rayo Vallecano in the first leg of the last 32 of the Copa del Rey on 30 October,[15] and on 23 November he netted his first league goal, the only one of a victory also at the Estadio Municipal de Butarque against a Deportivo Alavés team that was challenging for top spot.[16]

In late January to February 2019, En-Nesyri scored six goals in three games as Leganés avoided defeat: a brace in a 2–2 draw with Eibar,[17] the late winner at Rayo[18] and then all three goals against Real Betis; this last result made him the first Pepinero to net a hat-trick in La Liga.[19]

Sevilla

On 16 January 2020, Sevilla FC signed En-Nesyri from Leganés for a reported €25 million, on a contract lasting to June 2025; the Andalusians had recently sold their strikers Mu'nas Dabbur and Javier Hernández.[20] He debuted two days later in a 2–1 loss at Real Madrid, as a 65th-minute substitute for Munir El Haddadi,[21] and on his first start on 9 February he opened the scoring on a trip to RC Celta de Vigo with the same result.[22]

En-Nesyri made his debut in European competitions on 20 February 2020, in the UEFA Europa League last 32 first leg away to CFR Cluj in Romania. He scored the late equaliser in a 1–1 draw, that put his team through on the away goals rule.[23] On 6 August 2020, he scored a goal in a 2–0 win over Roma in the round of 16.[24]

In January 2021, En-Nesyri scored hat-tricks in home wins over Real Sociedad (3–2)[25] and Cádiz CF (3–0).[26]

International career

After representing Morocco at under-20 level, En-Nesyri was called up to the full squad by manager Hervé Renard on 22 August 2016, for friendlies against Albania and São Tomé and Príncipe.[27] He made his debut against the former nine days later, starting in a 0–0 draw at the Loro Boriçi Stadium in Shkodër.[28]

En-Nesyri was called up for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon, and scored in the second group game in a 3–1 win over Togo.[29] He was a late addition to the squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, at the expense of defender Badr Banoun.[30] In the last group game against Spain at the Kaliningrad Stadium, he gave the team a late lead in a 2–2 draw.[31]

At the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt, En-Nesyri scored the only goal of a win over the Ivory Coast to send the Atlas Lions into the last 16.[32] There, he equalised against Benin as the game went to a penalty shootout, in which Saturnin Allagbé saved from him to knock the Moroccans out.[33]

Career statistics

Club
As of 23 January 2021[34]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Málaga 2016–17 La Liga 13120—151
2017–18 25410—264
Total 38530—415
Leganés 2018–19 La Liga 31932—3411
2019–20 18410—194
Total 491342—5315
Sevilla 2019–20 La Liga 1842062266
2020–21 191210742716
Total 3716301365322
Career total 1243410213614742

International
As of match played 17 November 2020[35]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Morocco 201650
201791
201875
2019103
202032
Total3411
Scores and results list Morocco's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each En-Nesyri goal.[35]
List of international goals scored by Youssef En-Nesyri
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
120 January 2017Stade d'Oyem, Oyem, Gabon Togo3–13–12017 Africa Cup of Nations
29 June 2018A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn, Estonia Estonia3–03–1Friendly
325 June 2018Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia Spain2–12–22018 FIFA World Cup
48 September 2018Stade Mohammed V, Casablanca, Morocco Malawi2–03–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
53–0
620 November 2018Stade Olympique de Radès, Rades, Tunisia Tunisia1–01–0Friendly
728 June 2019Al Salam Stadium, Cairo, Egypt Ivory Coast1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations
85 July 2019 Benin1–11–1 (1–4 pen.)2019 Africa Cup of Nations
919 November 2019Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium, Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi2–03–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
109 October 2020Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco Senegal2–03–1Friendly
1117 November 2020Stade de la Réunification, Douala, Cameroon Central African Republic2–02–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Sevilla

Individual

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