Yacine Qasmi

Yacine Qasmi
Personal information
Full name Yacine Qasmi
Date of birth (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Pontoise, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1996–1998 Cosmo Taverny
1998–2009 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Paris Saint-Germain II 36 (12)
2010–2011 Paris Saint-Germain 0 (0)
2011–2012 Rennes II 23 (8)
2012–2013 Getafe B 30 (5)
2013–2014 Sporting B 30 (5)
2014–2015 Sestao River 19 (3)
2015 Compostela 13 (6)
2015–2016 Alcoyano 27 (11)
2016–2017 Mérida 32 (4)
2017–2019 Melilla 57 (21)
2019–2020 Elche 39 (9)
2020–2022 Rayo Vallecano 52 (6)
2022–2023 Leganés 45 (5)
2023–2024 Eibar 11 (1)
International career
2010 Morocco U20 12 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024

Yacine Qasmi (Arabic: ياسين قاسمي; born 3 January 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker. Born in France, he represented Morocco at youth international level.

After one substitute appearance for Paris Saint-Germain, he spent most of his career in Spain, primarily in Segunda División B. From 2019, he made over 140 Segunda División appearances for Elche, Rayo Vallecano, Leganés and Eibar, playing one La Liga game for the second of those clubs.

Early life

Qasmi was born in Pontoise, France, to Moroccan parents. He acquired French nationality on 24 March 1993, through the collective effect of his parents' naturalization.[2]

Club career

Early career

Qasmi joined Paris Saint-Germain's youth setup in 1999, from Cosmo de Taverny. After appearing as a senior with the reserves[broken anchor], he made his professional debut on 15 December 2010, coming on as a second-half substitute for Mathieu Bodmer in a 1–1 UEFA Europa League away draw against FC Karpaty Lviv.[3]

On 6 July 2011, Qasmi signed a one-year deal with another reserve team, Rennes II.[4] In the 2012 summer, he went on a trial at S.L. Benfica, initially appearing for the B-team.[5]

Segunda División B

Qasmi signed a 1+2 contract with Getafe CF in August 2012, being assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.[6] He remained for six more years in Spain's third tier, representing Sporting de Gijón B,[7] Sestao River Club,[8] SD Compostela,[9] CD Alcoyano,[10] Mérida AD[11] and UD Melilla.[12]

Segunda División

On 6 February 2019, Qasmi signed for Elche CF in Segunda División, as the club paid his €300,000 release clause.[13] He made his professional league debut three days later in a 2–1 home loss to Real Oviedo, as a 78th-minute substitute for Benjamín Martínez;[14] on 24 February he scored his first goal in such a competition, in a 2–2 draw at CD Lugo.[15]

On 31 January 2020, Qasmi agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with Rayo Vallecano still in the second division.[16] Aged 30 on 22 August the following year, he made his La Liga bow at the end of a 1–0 loss at Real Sociedad.[17]

On 28 January 2022, after just one league appearance during the campaign, Qasmi terminated his contract with Rayo,[18] and agreed to a 18-month deal with second division side CD Leganés the following day.[19] On 12 September 2023, he moved to SD Eibar on a one-year contract.[20]

International career

Qasmi appeared for Morocco under-20 team in a friendly match against Burkina Faso in July 2010.[21]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 August 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
PSG II 2009–10[22] Championnat de France Amateur 10 2 — — — 10 2
2010–11[22] Championnat de France Amateur 26 10 — — — 26 10
Total 36 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 12
PSG 2010–11[23] Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 1[a] 0 — 1 0
Rennes II 2011–12 Championnat de France Amateur 2 ? ? — — — 0 0
Getafe B 2012–13[23] Segunda División B 30 5 — — — 30 5
Sporting B 2013–14[23] Segunda División 30 5 — — — 30 5
Sporting de Gijón 2013–14[23] Segunda División 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Sestao River 2014–15[23] Segunda División B 19 3 1 0 — — 20 3
Compostela 2014–15[23] Segunda División B 13 6 0 0 — — 13 6
Alcoyano 2015–16[23] Segunda División B 27 11 1 0 — — 28 11
Mérida 2016–17[23] Segunda División B 32 4 0 0 — — 32 4
Melilla 2017–18[23] Segunda División B 35 11 1 0 — — 36 11
2018–19[23] Segunda División B 22 10 5 2 — — 27 12
Total 57 21 6 2 0 0 0 0 63 0
Elche 2018–19[23] Segunda División 15 2 0 0 — — 0 0
2019–20[23] Segunda División 24 7 3 0 — — 0 0
Total 39 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 42 9
Rayo Vallecano 2019–20[23] Segunda División 15 2 0 0 — — 15 2
2020–21[23] Segunda División 36 4 3 2 — 4[b] 0 43 6
2021–22[23] La Liga 1 0 0 0 — — 1 0
Total 52 6 3 2 0 0 4 0 59 8
Career total 335 82 14 4 1 0 4 0 354 86
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in Promotion Playoffs

References

  1. ^ "Yacine Qasmi" (in Spanish). CD Leganés. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  2. ^ "JORF n° 74 du 28 mars 1993 - Légifrance" (PDF). legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). p. 5514. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Karpaty and PSG make their point". UEFA.com. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Rennes: Qasmi est arrivé" [Rennes: Qasmi arrives] (in French). Mercato 365. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Jogador à experiência. Quem é Yacine Qasmi?" [Player on trial. Who is Yacine Qasmi?] (in Portuguese). Benfica B. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Yacine Qasmi assina pelo Getafe" [Yacine Qasmi signs for Getafe] (in Portuguese). Benfica B. 17 August 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. ^ "El filial cierra los fichajes de Joni y Yacine Qasmi" [The reserves complete the signings of Joni and Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 14 July 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  8. ^ "El Sestao ficha al delantero Yacine Qasmi" [Sestao signs forward Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). Vavel. 9 August 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  9. ^ "La SD Compostela incorpora a Yacine Qasmi" [Compostela signs Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). Compostela's official website. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Yacine Qasmi refuerza el ataque del Alcoyano" [Yacine Qasmi bolsters the attack of Alcoyano] (in Spanish). Vavel. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  11. ^ "El Mérida ficha al delantero franco marroquí Yacine Qasmi, procedente del Alcoyano" [Mérida sign Franco-Moroccan striker Yacine Qasmi from Alcoyano] (in Spanish). Hoy. 23 July 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  12. ^ "La U.D. Melilla contrata al franco marroquí Yacine Qasmi" [UD Melilla sign the Franco-Moroccan Yacine Qasmi] (in Spanish). UD Melilla. 12 June 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  13. ^ "OFICIAL | Yacine, gol y potencia para la delantera franjiverde" [OFFICIAL | Yacine, goal and power for the franjiverde forward line] (in Spanish). Elche CF. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  14. ^ "Toché sentencia al Elche con un gol de penalti en el descuento" [Toché sentences Elche with an added-time penalty]. Marca (in Spanish). 9 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  15. ^ Egea, Adrián (24 February 2019). "El Elche saca un punto de Lugo con sabor a permanencia (2–2)" [Elche take a point from Lugo that tastes of survival (2–2)] (in Spanish). Teleelx. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Yacine Qasmi nuevo jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Yacine Qasmi new player of Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Oyarzabal, de penalti, da a la Real su primera victoria de la temporada y deja al Rayo colista" [Oyarzabal, form the penalty spot, gives Real their first victory of the season and leaves Rayo dead last] (in Spanish). Cadena COPE. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  18. ^ "Qasmi deja de ser jugador del Rayo Vallecano" [Qasmi leaves Rayo Vallecano] (in Spanish). Rayo Vallecano. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Yacine Qasmi joins C.D. Leganés attacking line". CD Leganés. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  20. ^ "El defensa Stefan Simic y el delantero Yacine Qasmi, nuevos jugadores del Eibar" [Defender Stefan Simic and forward Yacine Qasmi, new players of Eibar] (in Spanish). SD Eibar. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  21. ^ "Découverte: Yacine Qasmi "C'est une immense fierté de représenter le Maroc"" [Discovery: Yacine Qasmi "It's an immense pride to represent Morocco"] (in French). Maghress. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  22. ^ a b Yacine Qasmi at L'Équipe Football (in French)
  23. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Yacine Qasmi at Soccerway