| Yasin Ayari | |
| Full Name: | Yasin Abbas Ayari |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 2003 |
| Birth Place: | Solna, Sweden |
| Height: | 1.72 m |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Clubnumber: | 26 |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2012 |
| Youthclubs1: | Råsunda |
| Youthyears2: | 2012–2020 |
| Youthclubs2: | AIK |
| Years1: | 2020–2023 |
| Clubs1: | AIK |
| Caps1: | 37 |
| Goals1: | 4 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Caps2: | 14 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023–2024 |
| Clubs3: | → Coventry City (loan) |
| Caps3: | 13 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 2024 |
| Clubs4: | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) |
| Caps4: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Sweden U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2021–2022 |
| Nationalteam2: | Sweden U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2022–2024 |
| Nationalteam3: | Sweden U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam4: | Sweden |
| Nationalcaps4: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | 23:21, 29 November 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23:23, 19 November 2024 (UTC) |
Yasin Abbas Ayari (ar|ياسين عباس عياري; born 6 October 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Sweden national team.
Ayari began playing football with the youth academy of Råsunda at the age of 6, before moving to AIK around the age of 8.[1]
Ayari made his professional debut with AIK in a 2–2 Allsvenskan tie with Elfsborg on 6 December 2020.[2] On 22 October 2021, he signed his first professional contract with AIK until 31 December 2025.[3]
On 30 January 2023, Ayari signed a contract with Brighton & Hove Albion until June 2027.[4]
Ayari made his Albion debut on 19 March, coming on as a 78th minute substitute replacing Alexis Mac Allister in the 5–0 FA Cup quarter-final win over League Two side Grimsby Town.[5] He made his first Premier League start on 28 May, in his third league appearance, where he was substituted at half time of the 2–1 away defeat at Aston Villa in the last game of the season.[6]
On 21 August 2023, Ayari joined EFL Championship club Coventry City on loan.[7]
On 5 January 2024, Ayari joined fellow EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a loan deal until the end of the 2023–24 season.[8]
Born in Sweden to parents from Tunisia and Morocco, Ayari is a youth international for Sweden.[9] Ayari made his full international debut for Sweden in a friendly game against Finland on 10 January 2023.[10]
His mother Amina works for AIK, and his brother Taha, born 2005, plays for AIK and has had a trial at Feyenoord.
| Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| AIK | 2020 | Allsvenskan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2021 | Allsvenskan | 12 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
| 2022 | Allsvenskan | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 29 | 5 | |||
| Total | 37 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 6 | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2022–23 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Coventry City (loan) | 2023–24 | Championship | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 2023–24 | Championship | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 74 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 91 | 7 | |||
| Sweden | 2023 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores and results list Sweden's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayari goal.