_(cropped).jpg) Ben Yedder withMonaco in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (age 35) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sarcelles, Val-d'Oise, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Wydad AC | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 35 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | FCM Garges | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | US Saint-Denis | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | UJA Alfortville | 23 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Toulouse II | 20 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2016 | Toulouse | 156 | (63) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2019 | Sevilla | 91 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Monaco | 164 | (98) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Sepahan | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–2026 | Sakaryaspor | 14 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | Wydad AC | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | France (futsal) | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | France U21 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | France | 19 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 December 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Wissam Ben Yedder (born 12 August 1990) is a French professionalfootballer who plays as astriker for MoroccanBotola Pro clubWydad AC.
Having begun his career at amateursUJA Alfortville, Ben Yedder joinedToulouse in 2010. He totalled 71 goals in 174 games for them, surpassingAndré-Pierre Gignac as their greatest league scorer of the 21st century. He moved toSevilla for €10 million in 2016, and scored 70 goals in 138 games in three seasons. A €40 million transfer to Monaco followed in 2019, and he finished as joint-Ligue 1 top scorer in his first season back. He totalled 201 games and 118 goals before his release in 2024. In 2025, Ben Yedder joinedSepahan on a free transfer, staying for the remainder of the season before joiningSakaryaspor in September. In 2026 he joined Moroccan clubWydad AC.
At international level, Ben Yedder represented France atunder-21 level, and atfutsal. He made his full international debut for France in March 2018.
Wissam Ben Yedder[2] was born on 12 August 1990 inSarcelles, Val-d'Oise.[3] He is Tunisian by descent and holds aTunisian passport.[4][5] He received aFrench passport in 2009.[4] He is the fourth of six children[4] and grew up inGarges-lès-Gonesse, Val-d'Oise.[6] Among his childhood friends wasRiyad Mahrez.[7]
Ben Yedder began his career at localUJA Alfortville in the fourth-tierChampionnat de France Amateur, before moving toToulouse ofLigue 1 in 2010.[5] On 16 October 2010, he made his professional debut in a 0–2 home loss toParis Saint-Germain, replacingYannis Tafer for the final 29 minutes. He made 13 substitute appearances across his first two seasons, and scored his first goal for Toulouse on 21 April 2012: ten minutes after coming on in place ofPaulo Machado, he equalised in an eventual 2–1 loss atEvian.[8]
In the following three Ligue 1 campaigns, Ben Yedder recorded 15, 16 and 14 goals respectively.[5] On 10 August 2012, in the first game ofthe season, he came on at half time forPantxi Sirieix and equalised for a 1–1 draw at reigning champions and local rivalsMontpellier.[9] In the reverse fixture, the last of the campaign, on 26 May 2013, he scored both goals in a win over Montpellier.[10]
On 30 November 2013, Ben Yedder scored ahat-trick in a 5–1 home win overSochaux.[11] He recorded another treble on 17 May 2014 as Toulouse finished the season with a 3–1 win overValenciennes.[12]
Ben Yedder scored a penalty in a 3–3 draw againstCaen on 20 September 2014. In doing so, he reached 35 Ligue 1 goals for Toulouse, surpassingAndré-Pierre Gignac as their highest scorer in the league in the 21st century.[13] He attained the milestone of 50 goals in the competition on 19 December 2015, when he put them ahead in a 1–1 home draw againstLille.[14] The following 9 January, he scored another hat-trick in a 3–1 win at fellow strugglersReims.[15]
On 30 July 2016, Ben Yedder signed a five-year contract with Spanish clubSevilla, for a reported €9 million fee.[16] After being an unused substitute in theirUEFA Super Cup loss toReal Madrid on 9 August, he made his debut five days later, replacing fellow new signingLuciano Vietto for the final 29 minutes of a 0–2 loss toBarcelona in the first leg of the year'sdomestic equivalent. On 20 August, he started in his first La Liga game and scored a goal in a 6–4 victory overEspanyol at theRamón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium.[17]
Ben Yedder scored five goals across Sevilla's 14–2 aggregateCopa del Rey win overTercera División clubFormentera in December 2016, including a hat-trick in the 9–1 home victory in the second leg.[18] This haul made him the tournament's top scorer that season, alongside Barcelona'sLionel Messi.[19] On 7 January 2017, he registered a hat-trick in a 4–0 La Liga win atReal Sociedad.[20]
In Sevilla'sUEFA Champions League campaign in 2017–18, Ben Yedder scored all three goals in a group stage victory over Slovenia'sMaribor on 26 September, his first hat-trick in the competition.[21] On 21 November, after scoring twice as Sevilla came from a 0–3 deficit at half time to draw withLiverpool, he tauntedA.C. Milan – who lost the2005 Champions League Final to Liverpool in a similar fashion – over Twitter.[22] On 13 March 2018, in the second leg of the2017–18 Champions League round of 16 againstManchester United atOld Trafford, Ben Yedder came on as a substitute in the 72nd minute and scored two goals in the span of 4 minutes to help secure a 2–1 win and enable Sevilla to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 1958, and for the first time ever in the Champions League era.[23]
In September 2018, Ben Yedder scored five goals in the space of three days, with two in a 5–1UEFA Europa League home win againstStandard Liège and a hat-trick in a 6–2La Liga away victory againstLevante.[24]
On 14 August 2019, Ben Yedder signed withMonaco on a five-year contract after they activated his release clause of €40 million, a record sale for Sevilla.Rony Lopes transferred in the other direction.[25] He made his debut three days later, starting alongside fellow debutantHenry Onyekuru and pushingRadamel Falcao to the substitutes' bench in a 3–0 loss away toMetz.[26] On 25 August, he scored his first goal for the club in his first game at theStade Louis II in a 2–2 draw withNîmes.[27]
In December 2019, Ben Yedder won theUNFP Player of the Month award with four goals and two assists in four games, including two in a 5–1 home win over Lille on 21 December.[28] His first season inthe principality was curtailed in early March 2020 due to thecoronavirus pandemic, but he finished as jointtop scorer alongside PSG'sKylian Mbappé with 18 goals from 26 games, a new record for him in Ligue 1.[29]
In2020–21, Ben Yedder helped Monaco finish as runners-up in the Coupe de France, scoring in wins overLyon andRumilly-Vallières in the quarter-final and semi-final.[30][31] On 2 May 2021, he scored his 100th goal in Ligue 1 in a 2–3 home defeat against the former.[32] He finished the season as second-highest scorer behind Mbappé's 27 goals, joint with Lyon'sMemphis Depay on 20.[33]
Ben Yedder scored 25 league goals in2021–22, runner-up to Mbappé's 28.[34] This included a hat-trick in the penultimate game, a 4–2 comeback home win overBrest and a brace in a 3-0 home win over PSG on 20 March 2022.[35] He scored five goals in four games on a run to the Coupe de France semi-finals, before missing with the first attempt in a penalty shootout defeat toNantes.[36] He was Player of the Month with 56% of the votes in January 2022 for his three goals and one assist;[37] he, Mbappé andRennes'Martin Terrier were the three forwards chosen for theTeam of the Year.[38]
In 2022–23, Ben Yedder did not score until his sixth match, concluding a 3–0 win at Reims on 18 September 2022;[39] he followed this with a hat-trick in a 4–1 home win over Nantes on 2 October.[40] The following 15 January, he added another treble in the first half of a 7–1 victory over visitorsAjaccio; the result made Monaco the only team apart from PSG to have two players with 10 goals or more for the season, namely himself andBreel Embolo.[41] On 11 February, he scored twice in a 3–1 home win over leaders PSG,[42] ending the season with 19 goals, joint seventh best in the league.[43]
On the first day of the2023–24 Ligue 1 season, withAdi Hütter as new manager after Monaco had failed to qualify for Europe, Ben Yedder scored twice in a 4–2 win atClermont.[44][45] His second goal of the game was his 100th for the club, putting him third behindDelio Onnis andLucien Cossou in Monaco's all-time rankings.[46] Hütter continued to play Ben Yedder in spite of the player being charged by the French judiciary days before the start of the season.[47] Ben Yedder scored in his final game for the club in a 4–0 win against Nantes on 19 May 2024.[48]
On 25 May 2024, it was announced that Ben Yedder would be released by Monaco at the end of his contract (30 June 2024) after five seasons. He left the club with 118 goals in 201 appearances, making him Monaco's second all-time top goalscorer after Onnis.[49]
In April 2025, Ben Yedder joined Iranian clubSepahan.[50] He later signed with Turkish sideSakaryaspor in September 2025.[51] In January 2026, he joinedBotola Pro clubWydad AC on a six-month contract, with an option to extend for an additional year.[52]
Ben Yedder played twofutsal matches forFrance, scoring once, and also represented the nation three times atunder-21 level.[5]
As Ben Yedder's parents' come from Tunisia and therefore he would qualify to represent that nation in international football underFIFA regulations, theTunisian Football Federation made five attempts to get him to play fortheir team. In October 2017, after he turned down their offer to get him into the squad before the2018 FIFA World Cup, they admitted defeat.[53]
In March 2018, after playing well for Sevilla,France managerDidier Deschamps included Ben Yedder in the squad for two friendly matches againstColombia andRussia.[54] He made his debut in the 3–2 loss to the Colombians on 23 March at theStade de France, replacingOlivier Giroud for the final 17 minutes.[55] On 17 May, he was named on the standby list for the 23-man French squad for the World Cup.[56]
On 11 June 2019, Ben Yedder made his first start for the France senior team and scored his first senior international goal, in the 4–0 away win overAndorra in aUEFA Euro 2020 qualifying match.[57] In May 2021, he was selected for the delayed finals.[58] He was left out by France for their September 2022 fixtures due to a slow start to the club season; though his form improved, he was not recalled for the2022 FIFA World Cup.[59]
In April 2023, Ben Yedder was given a six-month suspended prison sentence and fined €133,799 for tax offences while a Sevilla player. After a 2019 request, he paid his taxes for 2017 but did not include interest received or his sponsorship deal fromAdidas.[60]
On 11 August 2023, prosecutors inNice charged Ben Yedder and his brother with rape, attempted rape, and sexual assault in relation to an alleged incident involving two women that happened in July inBeausoleil, Alpes-Maritimes.[61]
On 9 September 2024, Ben Yedder was charged with sexual assault by prosecutors in Nice relating to an incident on 6 September.[62] On 12 November, he was given a two year suspended sentence after being found guilty of drink-driving, sexual assault, and refusal to co-operate with authorities. He was ordered to pay €6,500 in damages and a €5,000 fine, and his driving license was suspended for six months.[63][64]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| UJA Alfortville | 2009–10[65] | CFA | 23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 9 | |||
| Toulouse II | 2010–11[65] | CFA 2 | 17 | 11 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 11 | ||||
| 2011–12[65] | CFA 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 2012–13[66] | CFA 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 20 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 14 | ||||||
| Toulouse | 2010–11[66] | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12[66] | Ligue 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13[66] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 15 | |||
| 2013–14[66] | Ligue 1 | 38 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 42 | 17 | |||
| 2014–15[66] | Ligue 1 | 36 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 38 | 15 | |||
| 2015–16[66] | Ligue 1 | 35 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | — | 41 | 23 | |||
| Total | 156 | 63 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 6 | — | — | 174 | 71 | ||||
| Sevilla | 2016–17[66] | La Liga | 31 | 11 | 4 | 5 | — | 5[c] | 2 | 2[d] | 0 | 42 | 18 | |
| 2017–18[66] | La Liga | 25 | 9 | 6 | 3 | — | 11[e] | 10 | — | 42 | 22 | |||
| 2018–19[66] | La Liga | 35 | 18 | 5 | 2 | — | 13[c] | 10 | 1[d] | 0 | 54 | 30 | ||
| Total | 91 | 38 | 15 | 10 | — | 29 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 70 | |||
| Monaco | 2019–20[66] | Ligue 1 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 19 | ||
| 2020–21[66] | Ligue 1 | 37 | 20 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 41 | 22 | ||||
| 2021–22[66] | Ligue 1 | 37 | 25 | 4 | 5 | — | 11[f] | 2 | — | 52 | 32 | |||
| 2022–23[66] | Ligue 1 | 32 | 19 | 1 | 1 | — | 10[g] | 5 | — | 43 | 25 | |||
| 2023–24[66] | Ligue 1 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 34 | 20 | ||||
| Total | 164 | 98 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 7 | — | 201 | 118 | |||
| Sepahan | 2024–25 | Persian Gulf Pro League | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||
| Sakaryaspor | 2025–26 | TFF 1. Lig | 14 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 5 | ||||
| Wydad AC | 2025–26 | Botola Pro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[h] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 473 | 228 | 39 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 52 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 577 | 288 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | |
| Total | 19 | 3 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 June 2019 | Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella, Andorra | 4 |  Andorra | 2–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | [68] |
| 2 | 10 September 2019 | Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France | 5 | Andorra | 3–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | [69] |
| 3 | 29 March 2022 | Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France | 18 |  South Africa | 4–0 | 5–0 | Friendly | [70] |
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