Basem Morsy

Basem Morsy el-Qotb Abdullah (Arabic: باسم مرسي القطب عبد الله‎; born 1 January 1992) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian club El Entag El Harby and the Egypt national team.[1]

Basem Morsy
Personal information
Full name Basem Morsy el-Qotb Abdullah
Date of birth (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992
Place of birth Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 El Entag El Harby
Number 10
Youth career
Osmathon Tanta
Al Mokawloon
2009–2012 Petrojet
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Petrojet 13 (4)
2013–2014 El Entag El Harby 15 (9)
2014–2019 Zamalek 99 (35)
2018 → AEL (loan) 4 (0)
2019 → Smouha (loan) 6 (0)
2019– El Entag El Harby 10 (2)
National team‡
2014– Egypt 10 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20:04, 13 November 2016 (UTC)

Club career

Petrojet

Morsy played with Petrojet for 4 years scoring 4 goals in 13 matches. Petrojet manager then, Mokhtar Mokhtar, ended his contract with Petrojet stating that Basem became more obsessed with his looks than playing football.

El Entag El Harby

Morsy signed with the military club El Entag El Harby in 2013 where he became the star of the club. Although he scored nine goals in the league, he did not succeed of avoiding relegation to the Egyptian Second Division at the end of the season.

Zamalek

On 2 July 2014, Morsy signed for Egyptian giants Zamalek from El Entag El Harby.[2] On 25 October 2014, Morsy scored his first goal for Zamalek against Smouha in the Egyptian Premier League. Morsy scored his first hat-trick with Zamalek on 15 July 2015 against Al Nasr. He succeeded in winning the Egyptian Premier League with Zamalek on his first season. He finished the season as the club top goalscorer with 18 goals and second goalscorer in the league after the top goalscorer Hossam Salama. Morsy succeeded in winning Egypt Cup with Zamalek after he scored two goals against Zamalek rival Al Ahly in the final and he repeated it again and scored another two goals against Al Ahly and won the cup again for Zamalek in the next season.

International career

Morsy has been called up for Egypt for the first time in 2015 for a friendly match against Jamaica. On 4 June 2014, Morsy made his debut against Jamaica as a substitute and managed to score his first international goal to make it 2–2.[3] He celebrated his goal by pointing out to his shirt number 15, and drawing a heart in the air, dedicating the goal to his injured teammate Gedo, who missed the match due to a severe injury, used to celebrate the same way, and used to wear the same shirt.

International statistics
As of 13 November 2016.[4]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Egypt 201411
201555
201641
201700
201800
201900
Total107

International goals
Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Morsy goal.[4]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref
1 4 June 2014Brisbane Road, London, England1 Jamaica2–22–2Friendly[5]
2 26 March 2015Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt2 Equatorial Guinea1–02–0Friendly[6]
3 14 June 2015Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt3 Tanzania2–03–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification[7]
4 6 September 2015Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad4 Chad1–05–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification[8]
5 2–0
6 5–1
7 29 January 2016Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt7 Libya2–02–0Friendly[9]

Honours

Club
Zamalek
Individual

References
  1. "Basem Morsy - Player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. "حوار - باسم مرسي: الرقم 10 ومرتضى أسباب انضمامي للزمالك .. وسأكون النجم الأول". FilGoal.com.
  3. Jamaica Egypt Draw 2–2 in London Jamicaobserver.com
  4. "Morsy, Basem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  5. "Report: Jamaica 2-2 Egypt". leytonorient.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. "Egypt 2-0 Equatorial Guinea: Hector Cuper era begins with a win". myjoyonline.com. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  7. "Egypt defeat Tanzania 3-0 after inspired second half". kingfut.com. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  8. "Morsy nets perfect hattrick in Chad drubbing". kingfut.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. "Egypt beat Libya in match disrupted by teargas". english.ahram.org.eg. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
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