Basem Morsy

Basem Morsy
Personal information
Full name Basem Morsy Elkotb Abdalla
Date of birth (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992
Place of birth Tanta, Egypt
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Forward / second striker
Club information
Current team
Zamalek
Number 17
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 Petrojet 14 (4)
2013–2014 El Entag El Harby 15 (10)
2014– Zamalek 64 (25)
National team
2014– Egypt 7 (7)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2015.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2015

Basem Morsy Elkotb Abdalla (Arabic: باسم مرسي القطب عبد الله) (born 1 January 1992) is an Egyptian football Striker who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek as well as the Egyptian national team.

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.

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 5–1 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
5 2–0
6 5–1

Honours

Club

Zamalek SC

References


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