World Cup 2022: Six facts you didn’t know about Morocco star Youssef En-Nesyri

The
whole
African
continent
danced
to
the
Moroccan
tune
as
they
overcame
Portugal
to
reach
the
semifinals
of
the
World
Cup
2022,
thus
becoming
the
first
African
nation
to
do
so.

And
Youssef
En-Nesyri
was
the
man
behind
it.
He
scored
the
solitary
goal
to
give
Morocco
their
biggest
win
in
history.

Who
is
Youssef
En-Nesyri:

Youssef
En-Nesyri
is
a
25-year-old
striker
who
plays
for
the
Spanish
top-tier
club
Sevilla.
The
centre-forward
started
his
professional
career
with
another
Spanish
club
Malaga,
and
after
a
stint
with
Leganes,
he
is
currently
playing
in
Seville
since
January
2020.

He
has
scored
37
goals
in
122
appearances
for
Sevilla.
The
striker
made
his
Morocco
debut
in
2016
and
since
have
played
41
times
for
his
country,
scoring
17
goals
in
them.

He
was
born
in
Fez,
a
city
that
lies
in
the
northern
mainland
of
Morocco.
He
started
his
youth
career
with
Maghreb
de
Fes
and
then
subsequently
made
a
move
to
Spain
with
Malaga
in
2015.

Six
facts
you
didn’t
know
about
Youssef
En-Nesyri:

1. Youssef
   En-Nesyri
   scored
   18
   goals
   for
   Sevilla
   in
   the
   2020-21
   season,
   which
   is
   the
   most
   goals
   scored
   by
   a
   Moroccan
   ever
   in
   La
   Liga,
   a
   record
   previously
   held
   by
   Youssef
   El-Arabi.
2. Fes-born
   En-Nesyri
   came
   through
   the
   youth
   ranks
   at
   the
   Mohammed
   VI
   Football
   Academy,
   one
   of
   the
   most
   prestigious
   academies
   in
   Morocco.
3. After
   playing
   for
   Málaga
   CF
   and
   CD
   Leganés,
   in
   January
   2020
   he
   made
   the
   leap
   to
   Spanish
   giants
   Sevilla
   FC.
   And
   in
   his
   first
   full
   season,
   En-Nesyri
   was
   key
   to
   Sevilla
   FC’s
   La
   Liga
   aspirations.
   His
   18
   goals
   that
   season
   earned
   19
   points
   for
   the
   Spanish
   outfit.
4. The
   Moroccan
   star
   scored
   hat-tricks
   on
   two
   consecutive
   matchdays
   at
   Sánchez-Pizjuán
   in
   January
   2021,
   only
   the
   third
   Sevilla
   player
   to
   do
   so
   in
   history
   after
   Guillermo
   Campanal
   and
   Rafael
   Berrocal
   during
   the
   1940s,
   some
   seven
   decades
   ago!
5. He’s
   well
   known
   for
   his
   relationship
   with
   Kawasi,
   the
   ‘barber
   to
   the
   stars.’ Kawasi
   began
   cutting
   Youssef’s
   hair
   back
   in
   2015
   when
   he
   joined
   Malaga
   –
   where
   he’s
   based
   –
   and
   has
   followed
   his
   friend
   ever
   since.
   He
   often
   posts
   En-Nesyri’s
   pre-match
   haircuts
   on
   social
   media.
6. He
   leapt
   9
   ft
   1
   inch
   while
   scoring
   the
   goal
   against
   Portugal
   in
   the
   World
   Cup
   2022.
   That
   is
   greater
   than
   the
   height
   Cristiano
   Ronaldo
   jumped
   while
   scoring
   a
   goal
   for
   Juventus
   in
   2019,
   which
   is
   regarded
   as
   an
   incredible
   leap.
   The
   Moroccan
   player
   also
   scored
   the
   historic
   goal
   that
   has
   taken
   his
   country
   to
   the
   semifinal
   of
   the
   World
   Cup.