Yassin Cheikh El Welly

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Yassin Cheikh El Welly

| image = Yassinwely.jpg

| birth_place = Sahrawi refugee camps, Tindouf, Algeria

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|10|10|df=y}}{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

| height = 1.75 m{{WorldFootball.net|yassin-el-welly}}

| position = Forward{{Cite web |url=https://www.footmercato.net/joueur/yassin-cheikh-el-welly/ |title=YASSIN CHEIKH EL WELLY |access-date=25 January 2022 |website={{Interlanguage link|Foot Mercato|lt=Foot Mercato|fr|Foot Mercato}} |language=fr}}

| currentclub = NC Magra

| clubnumber = 21

| years1 = 2017–2020

| clubs1 = Nouadhibou

| years2 = 2020–2021

| clubs2 = Dhofar Club

| years3 = 2021

| clubs3 = Khaleej Sirte

| years4 = 2021–2022

| clubs4 = Tataouine

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 2022–2023

| clubs5 = Nouadhibou

| caps5 =

| goals5 =

| years6 = 2023–2025

| clubs6 = US Monastir

| caps6 =

| goals6 =

| years7 = 2025–

| clubs7 = NC Magra

| caps7 = 7

| goals7 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2019–

| nationalteam1 = Mauritania

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 11:50, 21 April 2025 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 23:19, 27 March 2024 (UTC)

}}

Yassin Cheikh El Welly (Arabic: ياسين شيخ الولي; born 10 October 1998) is a Mauritanian–Sahrawi professional footballer who plays as a forward for Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club NC Magra and the Mauritania national team.{{Soccerway|id=630457}}

International career

On 26 December 2023, after not having been selected to the Mauritania squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, El Welly announced his retirement from international football.{{Cite web |date=26 December 2023 |title=ياسين الولي يعلن اعتزاله دوليا - الوكيل الاخباري |url=https://www.alwakeelnews.com/Section_3/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7_670317 |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=www.alwakeelnews.com |language=ar}} However, he backtracked on this on 7 January 2024 after he was called up to replace the injured Abdallahi Mahmoud.{{Cite web |date=7 January 2024 |title=CAN 2023 : encore un changement dans la liste de la Mauritanie ! (officiel) |url=https://www.afrik-foot.com/mauritanie-can-2023-liste-remplacant-blesse-abdallahi-mahmoud |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=www.afrik-foot.com |language=fr-FR}}