Yahia Attiyat Allah
Yahia Attiyat Allah El Idrissi (Arabic: يحيى عطية الله الإدريسي; born 2 March 1995) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left winger for Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi and the Morocco national team.[2][3]
| Attiyat Allah in 2023 with Morocco | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yahia Attiyat Allah El Idrissi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Safi, Morocco | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | PFC Sochi | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2019 | Olympic Safi | 111 | (10) |
| 2019–2020 | Volos | 8 | (1) |
| 2020–2024 | Wydad AC | 101 | (7) |
| 2024– | PFC Sochi | 4 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Morocco | 15 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 October 2023 | |||
He began his professional career playing for Olympic Safi. Then went on to spend one season of his career in Europe, playing for the Greek side Volos, before returning back to playing in the Moroccan side Wydad.
Then in 2024, Yahia signed with Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi.
Career edit
In the inaugural season of the African Football League, Attiat-Allah went on to score the third goal in a 3–0 home victory against Nigerian side Enyimba, after claiming a 1–0 win away, thus qualifying them to the semi-finals.[4][5]
On 1 November 2023, Attait-Allah was nominated for the 2023 Interclub Player of the Year by CAF.[6][7]
On 8 February 2024, Attiyat Allah signed with Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi.[8][9] On 13 April 2024, he scored his first goal for Sochi in a 1–0 victory over Spartak Moscow.[10]
International career edit
Attait-Allah played throughout his career in U13, U15 and U17, and U23, being regularly called up to the national team. In 2015, he made his debut for the Olympic national team.
On 17 March 2022, he was selected by Vahid Halilhodžić for a double confrontation against the Democratic Republic of Congo team counting for the 2022 World Cup play-offs.[11] In the return match in Casablanca, Attiat-Allah came on in the 81st minute in place of Adam Masina and won the match with a score of 4-1, thus qualifying to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[12]
2022 FIFA World Cup edit
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[13][14] Attiat-Allah took part in several matches during the tournament. He was the second option to the left-back position after Noussair Mazraoui. He managed to play only two matches in the group stage, his first against Belgium and second against Canada. He came in as a replacement in the round of 16 against Spain. He made his first start against Portugal after Mazraoui got injured and gave the assist for the winning goal scored with a header by Youssef En-Nesyri.[15][16] He went on to play in the semi-final against France (defeat, 2-0)[17] and the third place match against Croatia (defeat, 2-1).[18] Morocco ended its journey in fourth place in the competition.[19][20]
2023 edit
On 28 December 2023, Attait-Allah was amongst the 27 players selected by coach Walid Regragui to represent Morocco in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.[21][22]
Career statistics edit
Club edit
- As of match played 6 April 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Olympic Safi | 2014–15 | Botola | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | 26 | 2 | |||
| 2015–16 | Botola | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Botola | 19 | 0 | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Botola | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 5 | |||
| 2018–19 | Botola | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| Total | 111 | 10 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 112 | 11 | ||||
| Volos | 2019–20 | Super League Greece | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Wydad | 2019–20 | Botola | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Botola | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11[a] | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Botola | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13[a] | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Botola | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14[a] | 1 | 2[b] | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| 2022–23 | Botola | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12[c] | 2 | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| Total | 101 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 11 | ||
| Sochi | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 223 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 285 | 22 | ||
- ^ a b c d Appearances in CAF Champions League
- ^ One appearance in CAF Super Cup, one appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ Six appearances and one goal in CAF Champions League, six appearances and one goal in African Football League
International edit
- As of matches played 28 October 2023
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
Honours edit
Wydad AC
- Moroccan League : 2020–21, 2021–22
- CAF Champions League : 2021-22
- African Football League runner-up: 2023[23]
Individual
Orders
- Order of the Throne: 2022[25]
References edit
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Morocco (MAR)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 19. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Profile at Super League Greece, slgr.gr
- ^ Profile at Sofascore, sofascore.com
- ^ "Wydad qualifies for African League semi-finals". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Wydad cruise past Enyimba in AFL to set up Esperance semi-final". CAF. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "CAF announces CAF Awards 2023 Nominees for Men's Categories". CAF. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "CAF awards names nominees for 2023 with strong Moroccan presence". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Яхья Аттьят-Алла перешел в «Сочи»!" (in Russian). PFC Sochi. 8 February 2024.
- ^ Erraji, Abdellah. "Morocco's Yahia Attiat Allah Signs With Russia's FC Sochi". Morocco World News. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Sochi v Spartak game report". Russian Premier League. 13 April 2024.
- ^ "National coach Vahid Halilhodzic reveals final list of players for upcoming FIFA game against DR Congo". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Morocco 4-1 Congo DR (Mar 29, 2022) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "Morocco World Cup 2022 squad: Who's in and who's out? | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Moroccan coach unveils list of 26 Atlas Lions in 2022 World Cup". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "En-Nesyri's Morocco winner against Portugal beats Ronaldo's record for highest headed goal | Goal.com English Bahrain". www.goal.com. 11 December 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (10 December 2022). "Morocco book historic World Cup semi-final place as En-Nesyri stuns Portugal". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ Smyth, Rob (14 December 2022). "France 2-0 Morocco: World Cup 2022 semi-final – as it happened". the Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Croatia beat Morocco to seal 'golden layer' bronze". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Morocco WC team returns to heroes' reception". ESPN.com. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ Morse, Ben (17 December 2022). "Croatia beats Morocco in World Cup third-place playoff match". CNN. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ^ "Regragui unveils 27 player list for Morocco's participation in CAN 2023". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Regragui names 27 provisional players for AFCON". CAF. 28 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ https://fr.soccerway.com/international/africa/african-football-league/2023/s24026/final-stages/
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- ^ "King receives members of national soccer team, decorates them with Royal wissams". HESPRESS English - Morocco News. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
External links edit
- Yahia Attiyat Allah at Soccerway
- Yahia Attiyat Allah at FootballDatabase.eu