Yassin Cheikh El Welly (Arabic: ياسين شيخ الولي; born 10 October 1998) is a Mauritanian–Sahrawi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club US Monastir and the Mauritania national team.[4]
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 10 October 1998||
Place of birth | Sahrawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward[3] | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | US Monastir | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2020 | Nouadhibou | ||
2020–2021 | Dhofar Club | ||
2021 | Khaleej Sirte | ||
2021–2022 | Tataouine | 6 | (1) |
2022–2023 | Nouadhibou | ||
2023– | US Monastir | ||
International career‡ | |||
2019– | Mauritania | 6 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC) |
International career
editOn 26 December 2023, after not having been selected to the Mauritania squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, El Welly announced his retirement from international football.[5] However, he backtracked on this on 7 January 2024 after he was called up to replace the injured Abdallahi Mahmoud.[6]
Honours
editNouadhibou
References
edit- ^ Yassin Cheikh El Welly at FootballDatabase.eu
- ^ Yassin Cheikh El Welly at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "YASSIN CHEIKH EL WELLY". Foot Mercato (in French). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Yassin Cheikh El Welly at Soccerway
- ^ "ياسين الولي يعلن اعتزاله دوليا - الوكيل الاخباري". www.alwakeelnews.com (in Arabic). 2023-12-26. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ "CAN 2023 : encore un changement dans la liste de la Mauritanie ! (officiel)". www.afrik-foot.com (in French). 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
- ^ a b Yassin Cheikh El Welly at National-Football-Teams.com