Yassin Fekir

Yassin Fekir (born 5 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Betis Deportivo Balompié.

Yassin Fekir

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-05-05) 5 May 1997 (age 28)
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 as of 7 January 2024

Career

Lyon

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

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

Fekir is the younger brother of the French international footballer Nabil Fekir.^[9] Fekir is of Algerian descent.^[10]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 January 2024^[11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Total
		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

1. Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue