Basem Morsy
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Basem Morsy El Kotb Abdullah | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Tanta, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Zamalek | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Petrojet | 13 | (4) |
| 2013–2014 | El Entag El Harby | 14 | (9) |
| 2014– | Zamalek | 95 | (41) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Egypt | 8 | (7) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 July 2016. | |||
Basem Morsy Elkotb Abdalla (Arabic: باسم مرسي القطب عبد الله) (born 1 January 1992) is an Egyptian footballer who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek and the Egypt national team as a striker.
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 Bassem became more obsessed with his looks than playing football.
El-Entag El-Harby
Bassem 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 second division at the end of the season.
Zamalek
On Wednesday July 2, 2014 Morsy signed a three years contract with Zamalek record fee of E1.5 million to obtain Basem.[1] On 25 October 2014, Basem 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 19 goals and second goalscorer in the league after the top goalscorer Hossam Paulo. Bassem succeeded in winning Egypt Cup with Zamalek after he scored two goals against Zamalek rival Al Ahly SC in the cup final (2014-2015) and he repeated it again and scored another two goals against Al Ahly SC and won the cup again after winning (3-1)
International career
Morsy has been called up for Egypt for the first time in 2014 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.[2] 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. Gedo, who missed the match due to a severe injury, used to celebrate the same way, and used to wear the same shirt.[3]
International goals
- Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 June 2014 | Brisbane Road, London, England |  Jamaica | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 26 March 2015 | Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Equatorial Guinea | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 3 | 14 June 2015 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt |  Tanzania | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 4 | 6 September 2015 | Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad |  Chad | 1–0 | | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||
| 6 | 5–1 | |||||
| 7 | 29 January 2016 | Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt |  Libya | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Style of Play
Bassem has excellent ability of scoring. He is physically strong and scoring with both legs and head.
Honours
Club
- Zamalek SC
- Individual
References
- ↑ http://www.filgoal.com/Arabic/News.aspx?NewsID=140810
- ↑ Jamaica Egypt Draw 2–2 in London Jamicaobserver.com
- ↑ Did Morsi dedicate his first goal to Gedo? filgoal.com