Yassin Fekir
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 5 May 1997 | ||
Place of birth | Lyon, France | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Betis B | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
Vaulx | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2015 | Vaulx | 1 | (0) |
2015–2019 | Lyon II | 49 | (13) |
2017–2019 | Lyon | 1 | (0) |
2019– | Betis B | 60 | (7) |
2019–2020 | → Guijuelo (loan) | 21 | (3) |
2022–2023 | → Linense (loan) | 31 | (3) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 January 2024 |
Yassin Fekir (born 5 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Betis Deportivo Balompié.
Career
[edit]Lyon
[edit]On 4 July 2017, Fekir signed his first professional contract with Olympique Lyonnais.[1] He made his professional debut in a 3–2 Coupe de la Ligue win over Amiens SC on 19 December 2018, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute for Bertrand Traoré.[2][3] On 3 March 2019, he played his first Ligue 1 game, coming on for the last 11 minutes in place of Moussa Dembélé in a 5–1 win against Toulouse.[4]
Betis
[edit]On 23 July 2019, Fekir signed for Spanish club Real Betis as part of the deal which also saw his brother Nabil Fekir move to Betis. Lyon will reserve 50% of any future sale of Yassin as well.[5] He was initially assigned to the B-team in Tercera División, and on the last day of transfer window, he was loaned out for the season to CD Guijuelo of Segunda División B.[6]
Fekir was promoted to the Betis first team squad on 1 February 2021, and registered for the rest of the La Liga season.[7] On 31 August, he was demoted back to the B-team for the 2021–22 Primera División RFEF.
Fekir was loaned to Balompédica Linense for the 2022–23 Primera Federación season.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Fekir is the younger brother of the French international footballer Nabil Fekir.[9] Fekir is of Algerian descent.[10]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 7 January 2024[11]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Vaulx | 2014–15 | France Amateur 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lyon II | 2015–16 | France Amateur | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
2016–17 | France Amateur | 13 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
2017–18 | National 2 | 12 | 3 | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
2018–19 | National 2 | 24 | 9 | — | — | 24 | 9 | |||
Total | 50 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 13 | ||
Lyon | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Guijuelo (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División B | 21 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 22 | 3 | |
Betis B | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 12 | 2 | — | — | 12 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 32 | 2 | — | — | 32 | 2 | |||
2023–24 | Segunda Federación | 16 | 3 | — | — | 16 | 3 | |||
Total | 60 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 7 | ||
Linense (loan) | 2022–23 | Primera Federación | 31 | 3 | — | — | 31 | 3 | ||
Career total | 164 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 167 | 26 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
References
[edit]- ^ "Yassin Fekir signe son premier contrat professionnel à Lyon" [Yassin Fekir signs his first professional contract for Lyon]. L'Équipe (in French).
- ^ "Amiens SC - Olympique Lyonnais (2-3) - Saison 2018/2019 - Coupe de la Ligue BKT" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionel.
- ^ "OL : débuts en pro de Yassin Fekir, le frère de Nabil" [OL: Pro debut for Yassin Fekir, brother of Nabil]. Le Parisien (in French).
- ^ "Nabil et Yassin Fekir : les deux frères de Lyon ont joué ensemble contre Toulouse" [Nabil and Yassin Fekir: Lyon's two brothers played together against Toulouse]. L'Équipe (in French). 3 March 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ^ "NABIL, YASSIN FEKIR COMPLETE MOVE TO REAL BETIS". OL. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
- ^ "El Real Betis y el CD Guijuelo acuerdan la cesión de Yassin Fekir" [Real Betis and CD Guijuelo agree to the transfer of Yassin Fekir]. Real Betis Balompié (in Spanish). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- ^ "Real Betis promote Nabil Fekir's brother Yassin to first team squad". Get Spanish Football News. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ^ Gutiérrez, Rafa (17 August 2023). "El Betis hace oficial la cesión de Fekir a la Balompédica Linense" [Betis confirm the loan of Fekir to Balompédica Linense]. Estadio Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Family ties: Fekir brothers become OL's 10th sibling duo". www.OL.fr.
- ^ "Lyon: Aulas a déconseillé l'Algérie à Fékir, il en est fier" [Aulas advised Fékir against Algeria, he is proud of it] (in French). Africa Top Sports. 23 July 2018.
- ^ Yassin Fekir at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
External links
[edit]- Yassin Fekir at BDFutbol
- OL Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 December 2018) (in French)
- Yassin Fekir – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- 1997 births
- Living people
- French sportspeople of Algerian descent
- Footballers from Lyon
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Ligue 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Championnat National 3 players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- La Liga players
- Primera Federación players
- Segunda División B players
- CD Guijuelo footballers
- Betis Deportivo Balompié footballers
- Real Betis players
- Real Balompédica Linense footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- 21st-century French sportsmen