Yahia Attiyat Allah El Idrissi ( ar, يحيى عطية الله الإدريسي; born 2 March 1995) is a Moroccan professional

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who plays as a left-back or left winger for

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club

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, on loan from

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, and the Morocco national team. 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. In 2024, Yahia signed with

club Al Ahly.

Club 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

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, 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

. 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

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, Attiat-Allah came on in the 81st minute in place of

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and won the match with a score of 4–1, thus qualifying to the

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2022 FIFA World Cup

On 10 November 2022, he was named in Morocco's 26-man squad for the

in Qatar. Attiat-Allah took part in several matches during the tournament. He was the second option to the left-back position after

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. 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 (2–0 defeat) and the third place match against Croatia (2–1 defeat). 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

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Wydad AC *

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: 2020–21, 2021–22 *

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: 2021-22 * African Football League runner-up:

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Individual *

Team of the Season: 2021–22 * Wydad AC Player of the Season: 2021–22 Orders *

Order of the Throne The Order of the Throne (Arabic: ''Wissam al-Arch'', French: ''Ordre du Trône'') is a state decoration of the Kingdom of Morocco awarded for distinguished services of a civil or military nature. The Order was instituted on 16 May 1963 by King H ...

: 2022

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Attiyat Allah, Yahia 1995 births Living people People from Safi, Morocco Moroccan men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Morocco men's international footballers Morocco men's youth international footballers CAF Champions League-winning players Super League Greece players Botola players Russian Premier League players Olympic Safi players Volos F.C. players Wydad AC players PFC Sochi players Al Ahly SC players 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Moroccan expatriate men's footballers Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Moroccan expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt