Morocco's Clean-Sheet Maestro: Bono Pursues AFCON Glory with Record Pace
9 January 2026
Yassine Bono continued his stellar form for Morocco, as the Atlas Lions shine at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations being hosted by his homeland.
Match developments
Morocco reached the semi-finals by beating Cameroon 2-0, awaiting the semi-final opponent between Algeria and Nigeria.
The Moroccan keeper showed resilience and steadiness, keeping a clean sheet against Cameroon and lifting his tally to four straight shutouts in this edition, according to French site Stats Foot.
Records in focus
The network noted Bono's historic record as the most successful Moroccan goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a single AFCON edition.
It added Bono surpassed compatriot Khalid Fouhami, who kept three clean sheets in 2004.
He also edged out legend Badou Zaki, who reached two clean sheets across the 1980, 1986 and 1988 editions, according to the network.
Only four more matches stand between Bono and matching Egyptian great Essam El-Hadary’s record of 14 AFCON clean sheets. The French network listed top goalkeepers with most AFCON clean sheets: El-Hadary (14), Boubakar Kouba (11), Vincent Enyeama (10), Alain Joamine (10), and Yassine Bono (10).
If Bono keeps this pace, the race for AFCON goalkeeping records might need its own trophy case.
The keeper's clean sheets are so many, even his coffee stays undefeated.
If the nets complain, Bono will file a complaint for harassment.
