Yassin Cheikh El Welly (

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: ياسين شيخ الولي; born 10 October 1998) is a Mauritanian–Sahrawi professional

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who plays as a

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for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club US Monastir and the Mauritania national team.

International career

On 26 December 2023, after not having been selected to the

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

squad for the

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, El Welly announced his retirement from international football. However, he backtracked on this on 7 January 2024 after he was called up to replace the injured Abdallahi Mahmoud.

Honours

Nouadhibou *

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: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20,

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* Mauritanian President's Cup:

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References

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