Wissam Ben Yedder and his brother are facing charges of sexual assault and rape from two women aged 19 and 20. A complaint was filed earlier this week…
France Info was the first to report the information this Thursday afternoon. French international and AS Monaco striker Wissam Ben Yedder is under investigation for rape, along with his 25-year-old brother, after two young women complained of forcing them to perform sexual acts. The complaint was filed by the two accusers, aged 19 and 20, earlier this week, public radio said.
The alleged facts would have taken place on July 10, after an evening spent in Beausoleil, a neighboring town of Monaco, in the Alpes-Maritimes. The Nice judicial police have been seized of the investigation. France Info specifies that “the investigations are beginning and no hearing or police custody of the defendants has taken place”. Wissam Ben Yedder and his little brother are presumed innocent.
Selected twenty times in the French team, Wissam Ben Yedder is, at 32, one of the best attackers in the French championship. Having played for AS Monaco since 2019, he scored 19 goals last season, making him one of the top 10 scorers in Ligue 1.
Born on August 12, 1990 in Sarcelles, Wissam Ben Yedder developed a passion for the world of football very early on. He spent his childhood in the town of Garges-lès-Gonesse, in Val-d’Oise. At the age of 10, he obtained his football license and played for FCM Garges from 2000 to 2007. Alongside his promising debut, the player also practiced futsal at Garges Djibson futsal for the period 2003-2010. In this field, he won 6 national selections.
After a stint at US Saint-Denis in the junior course from 2007 to 2009, Wissam Ben Yedder began his career as a professional footballer at UJA Alfortville in 2009. His first season in the CFA division was marked by the participation in 23 matches during which he scored 9 goals.
In 2010 and 2013, he officiated as a substitute and player for the B team. He was called upon for around twenty games. He is distinguished by an excellent “yield”, as he scores 14 goals. He contributes greatly to the rise in national and is noticed with Toulouse FC by the recruiter Jérôme Fougeron. He joined the Toulouse FC team from 2010. Gradually, the young player made a place for himself as a striker. Until 2016, he played nearly 200 matches and scored 85 goals.
Between 2016 and 2019, Wissam Ben Yedder confirmed his talent with a move to Sevilla FC in Spain. The transfer of the player is then estimated at 9 million euros. His first match with this new team took place during the Spanish Super Cup in August 2016. In 2018, he was noticed when he scored twice against Manchester United. He then allows his team to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
At the end of his contract, in 2019, he returned to France and signed with AS Monaco. In 72 games, the striker scored 42 goals. He was named team captain for the 2020-2021 season. In May 2021, Wissam Ben Yedder scored his 20th goal in Ligue 1 competition. Note that Wissam Ben Yedder has the distinction of being ambidextrous. He is therefore just as comfortable with the left foot as with the right foot to shoot.
Since 2018, he has also been selected for the national team by coach Didier Deschamps. However, he was not selected to play in the 2018 World Cup. The following year, he was selected to participate in the qualifying stages of Euro 2020. He scored his first goal there in the jersey of the Blues. He is then selected to participate in the competition. But he will not be part of the adventure of the Blues in Qatar in 2022.
Holder since the 2012-2013 season, Wissam Ben Yedder is proving to be a constant player who scores about fifteen goals per season. Even if he did not win any title, he also distinguished himself in the National Cup and the League Cup with 8 goals scored. In the end, his move to Toulouse FC allowed him to score 71 goals for a total of 174 games played.
With Sevilla FC, he was a finalist in the Spanish Super Cup in 2016 and 2018, the UEFA Super Cup in 2016 and the Spanish Cup in 2018. He also took part in the final of the Coupe de France in 2021 under the colors of AS Monaco. Regarding his individual awards, the player won the training center trophy in 2010, in the “?Best Player?” category. In February 2020, he also won the Ligue 1 player of the month trophy for the month of December 2021.
After having achieved a remarkable career with Toulouse FC and Sevilla FC, Wissam Ben Yedder’s salary increased significantly at the end of the 2010s. In post since August 2019 with the club AS Monaco, the striker earns around 7 .8 million euros per year, i.e. a monthly salary of 650,000 euros. His daily salary is estimated at 22,000 euros. This is equivalent to 152,000 euros in earnings for each weekly period. It should be noted that his commitment with the Monegasque team is effective until June 2024.
Of Tunisian origin, Wissam Ben Yedder was born and raised in the departure of Val-d’Oise, in the Île-de-France region. Fourth child of the siblings, he has five brothers and sisters. His friend is professional footballer Riyad Mahrez. Faced with a difficult social context, Wissam Ben Yedder’s family is forced to move to Garges-lès-Gonesse in the Cité-Perdue district. This change of framework allows him to devote himself to his first passion: football. Before joining the FCM Garges club and training for young people, he trained hard in his free time, whatever the weather conditions.
