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.
 Attiyat Allah with Morocco in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Yahia Attiyat Allah El Idrissi | ||
| 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 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2013 | Olympic Safi | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2019 | Olympic Safi | 115 | (10) |
| 2019–2020 | Volos | 8 | (1) |
| 2020–2024 | Wydad AC | 101 | (7) |
| 2024– | PFC Sochi | 8 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022– | Morocco | 19 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 | |||
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
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.
On 1 November 2023, Attait-Allah was nominated for the 2023 Interclub Player of the Year by CAF.
On 8 February 2024, Attiyat Allah signed with Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi. On 13 April 2024, he scored his first goal for Sochi in a 1–0 victory over Spartak Moscow.
International career
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. 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.
2022 FIFA World Cup
On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. 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. He went on to play in the semi-final against France (defeat, 2-0) and the third place match against Croatia (defeat, 2-1). Morocco ended its journey in fourth place in the competition.
2023
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.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 5 May 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 | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Botola | 25 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | Botola | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Botola | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 3 | |
| 2022–23 | Botola | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | — | 23 | 4 | ||
| Total | 101 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 11 | ||
| Sochi | 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 227 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 289 | 23 | ||
International
- 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
Wydad AC
- Moroccan League : 2020–21, 2021–22
- CAF Champions League : 2021-22
- African Football League runner-up: 2023
Individual
Orders
- Order of the Throne: 2022
References
External links
- Yahia Attiyat Allah at Soccerway
- Yahia Attiyat Allah at FootballDatabase.eu