Yassine Bounou (Arabic: ياسين بونو, Berber languages: ⵢⴰⵙⵉⵏ ⴱⵓⵏⵓ;[4] born 5 April 1991), also known as Bono, is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Saudi Pro League club Al Hilal and the Morocco national team.

His father, originally from the village of Bouana in the province of Taounate, is an engineer and former professor at the Hassania School of Public Works.

His parents initially had mixed feelings regarding their son spending so much time playing football, but they later became more supportive as his talent became more evident.

On 14 June 2012, Bono moved to La Liga club Atlético Madrid, where he was initially named to the second team the reserves in Segunda División B.

[12] Kept out by Óscar Whalley for the first half of the campaign, he made his debut the following 11 January in a 5–3 loss at UD Las Palmas, and finished the season with 16 appearances.

In the play-offs,[13] after Whalley's performance led to a 0–3 home loss to Girona FC in the first leg, Bounou replaced him in the second for a 4–1 win and advancement on away goals;[14] Zaragoza lost the final by the same rule to UD Las Palmas.

[23] In the calendar year 2021, Bono kept 32 clean sheets in 59 games for club and country, the most for any goalkeeper in Europe's top five leagues (second place was Ederson of Manchester City and Brazil, with 30 in 59).

[26] After claiming the La Liga Ricardo Zamora Trophy for 2021–22[27] (the first recipient playing for a club other than Real Madrid, Barcelona or Atlético Madrid since Roberto Abbondanzieri of Getafe in 2006–07), Bounou was nominated for The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper at the end of 2022 along with Emiliano Martínez and Thibaut Courtois,[28] in which he eventually finished in second place.

He was also selected in the 18-man under-23 squad for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but acted as a backup to Mohamed Amsif during the tournament, in which Morocco were eliminated at the group stage.

[46] In May 2018, Bounou was named in Morocco's 23-man squad for the World Cup in Russia,[47] where he served as reserve goalkeeper to Munir Mohamedi.

[48] At the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt he was first choice for Hervé Renard's team, keeping clean sheets in 1–0 wins over Namibia and the Ivory Coast to qualify for the last 16.

[58][59] He made two saves during the round of 16 penalty shoot-out against Spain, leading to Morocco qualifying for the quarter-finals for the first time in their history,[60] where they won 1–0 against Portugal, becoming the first African team to reach the semi-finals.