Yasin Ayari

Yasin Abbas Ayari (Arabic: ياسين عباس العياري; born 16 April 2003) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League 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.

AIK

Ayari made his professional debut with AIK in a 2–2 Allsvenskan tie with Elfsborg on 6 December 2020. On 22 October 2021, he signed his first professional contract with AIK until 31 December 2025.

Brighton and Hove Albion

On 30 January 2023, Ayari signed a contract with Brighton until June 2027. He 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.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.

Born in Sweden to parents from Tunisia and Morocco, Ayari is a youth international for Sweden. Ayari made his full international debut for Sweden in a friendly game against Finland on 10 January 2023.

Ayari is of Tunisian and Moroccan roots.

His mother Amina works for AIK, and his brother Taha, born 2005, plays for AIK and has had a trial at Feyenoord.