Youssef En-Nesyri

Youssef En-Nesyri (Arabic: يُوسُف النَّصِيرِيّ;[3] pronounced [ju:suf ʔan.nasˤi:ri:]; born 1 June 1997) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Morocco national team.

After starting his youth career at Maghreb de Fès and Mohammed VI Football Academy, En-Nesyri joined Málaga CF for a fee of €125,000 in 2015.

[4] Initially assigned to the Juvenil squad, he made his senior debut for the reserves on 16 April 2016, scoring the last goal in a 3–1 Tercera División away win against Guadix CF.

[5] He netted back-to-back goals in the following three matches against CD Huétor Tájar,[6] River Melilla CF[7] and FC Vilafranca[8] and went on to become an integral player for the reserve side which narrowly missed promotion to the Segunda División B.

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

[citation needed] On 17 August 2018, following Málaga's relegation from La Liga, En-Nesyri signed a five-year contract with CD Leganés in the main category.

[21][22] On 16 January 2020, Sevilla signed Youssef En-Nesyri from Leganés for a reported €20 million, on a contract lasting to June 2025; the Andalusians had recently sold their strikers Mu'nas Dabbur and Javier Hernández.

[23] He debuted two days later in a 2–1 loss at Real Madrid, as a 65th-minute substitute for Munir El Haddadi,[24] and on his first start on 9 February he opened the scoring on a trip to Celta Vigo with the same result.

[48] On 5 February 2024, he scored a brace in a 2–1 victory against Rayo Vallecano, making him the highest-scoring Moroccan player in La Liga's history, he surpassed the previous record of 58 goals held by the late Atlético de Madrid and Morocco striker Larbi Benbarek.

[49][50] On 24 July 2024, En-Nesyri joined Fenerbahçe on a five-year contract for €19.5 million, making him the most expensive player in the club's history and broke the transfer record in Süper Lig.

[56] 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.