Youssef Aït Bennasser was born on 7 July 1996. He is a Moroccan footballer (mid fielder) who currently plays as a midfielder for SM Caen on loan from Monaco and the Moroccan national team.
Aït Bennasser is a youth exponent from AS Nancy. He made his Ligue 2 debut on 3 August 2015 against Tours FC. He scored the first senior goal of his career on 28 November 2015 as Nancy beat Le Harve 3–1 in a home of Stade Marcel Picot victory.
Despite being born and raised in France, Youssef joined the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. He played two matches for the Morocco national under-17 football team in 2013. He made his debut for the senior Morocco national football team in a friendly 0–0 tie with Albania.
In May 2018 he was named in Morocco’s 23-man squad and has the likes of
Karim El Ahmadi Aroussi, Hakim Ziyech, Moubarak “Mbark” Boussoufa and others in the Morocco national team for Russia 2018 world cup.for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.