
France Football magazine reveals the names of the goalkeepers nominated for the 2026 Yashin Award
France Football magazine revealed the candidates for the Yashin Award for Best Goalkeeper of the Year 2026, including Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, a professional at Al Hilal Saudi Club.
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The Yashin Award is given annually by France Football magazine to the best goalkeeper in the world as part of the Ballon d'Or ceremony.
(CNN) - The French magazine "France Football" revealed, on Tuesday, the names nominated for the "Yashin" Award, which is given to the best goalkeeper during the 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony.
Bono, who is active in the ranks of Al Hilal Saudi Club and represents the Moroccan national team, was among the goalkeepers nominated for this award.
Bono played 36 matches with the “Blue Crescent” last season 2025/26, and kept a clean sheet in 16 matches, and came out with a clean sheet in two out of 6 matches with the “Atlas Lions” team in the 2026 World Cup.
In addition to Bono, the Senegalese Edouard Mendy, who plays for Al-Ahly Jeddah club, the Spaniard Joan Garcia and his compatriots Unai Simon and David Raya, the Belgian Thibaut Courtois, the Swiss Gregor Koppel, the Argentine Emiliano Martinez, the Russian Matvey Safonov and Vozinha from Cape Verde, were all nominated.
The Moroccan goalkeeper was previously on the list of candidates for this award, finishing ninth in 2022, third in 2023, and fifth in 2025.

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