Basem Morsy facts for kids
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bassem Morsy el-Qotb Abdallah | ||
| Date of birth | 1 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Ismaily | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Othmason Tanta | |||
| –2009 | 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) |
| 2018-2019 | → AEL (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2019-2019 | → Smouha (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | El Entag El Harby | 32 | (10) |
| 2021-2021 | El Makkasa | 24 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 33 | (4) |
| 2022– | Ismaily | 21 | (1) |
| 2023-2023 | → National Bank of Egypt (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2014–2016 | Egypt | 10 | (7) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bassem Morsy el-Qotb Abdallah (Arabic: باسم مرسي القطب عبد الله; born on January 1, 1992) is an Egyptian professional footballer. He plays as a forward for Ismaily. Bassem also owns his own football academy, called "Bassem Morsy Academy," where he helps train future football stars.
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Bassem Morsy's Football Journey
Bassem Morsy has played for several football clubs throughout his career, showing his skills as a forward.
Early Career and First Steps
Bassem started his professional journey with Petrojet. He played 13 matches and scored 4 goals for them. After four years, his coach at Petrojet decided to end his contract.
In 2013, Bassem joined El Entag El Harby, a military club. He quickly became a key player for the team. Even though he scored nine goals in the league, his team was moved down to a lower division, the Egyptian Second Division, at the end of that season.
Shining at Zamalek
On July 2, 2014, Bassem Morsy signed with one of Egypt's biggest football clubs, Zamalek. He scored his first goal for Zamalek on October 25, 2014, against Smouha in the Egyptian Premier League.
Bassem achieved a special milestone on July 15, 2015, when he scored his first hat-trick (three goals in one match) for Zamalek against Al Nasr. In his very first season with Zamalek, he helped them win the Egyptian Premier League title. He was the top goalscorer for his club that season with 18 goals.
He also helped Zamalek win the Egypt Cup multiple times. In one final match against their big rival, Al Ahly, he scored two goals to secure the cup for Zamalek. He repeated this amazing feat in the next season, scoring two more goals against Al Ahly to win the cup again.
Moving to New Teams
After his successful time at Zamalek, Bassem Morsy went on loan to other clubs. He played for AEL in Greece and then for Smouha back in Egypt.
Later, he returned to El Entag El Harby for a few more seasons. He then played for El Makkasa and Ceramica Cleopatra. Since 2022, Bassem has been playing for Ismaily. In 2023, he also had a loan spell at National Bank of Egypt.
Playing for His Country
Bassem Morsy was first called to play for the Egyptian national team in 2014. His first international match was a friendly game against Jamaica on June 4, 2014. He came into the game as a substitute and scored his first goal for Egypt, making the score 2–2.
When he scored, Bassem celebrated by pointing to his shirt number 15 and drawing a heart in the air. He did this to dedicate the goal to his injured teammate, Gedo, who used to celebrate in the same way and wore the same shirt number.
International Statistics
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2014 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 7 | |
International Goals
- Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Morsy goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 June 2014 | Brisbane Road, London, England | 1 |  Jamaica |
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | |
| 2 | 26 March 2015 | Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 2 |  Equatorial Guinea |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 14 June 2015 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | 3 |  Tanzania |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 4 | 6 September 2015 | Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad | 4 |  Chad |
1–0 | 5–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 6 | 5–1 | |||||||
| 7 | 29 January 2016 | Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt | 7 |  Libya |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
Career Highlights and Awards
Bassem Morsy has won several important titles and awards during his football career.
Club Achievements
- Zamalek
- Egyptian Premier League: 2014–15
- Egypt Cup: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2016–17
Individual Awards
- Egypt Cup Top goalscorer: 2015–16
Statistics
As of 23 June 2023
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Petrojet | 2012–13 | Egyptian Premier League | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 15 | 4 |
| El Entag El Harby | 2012–13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 17 | 10 | ||
| Total | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 10 | ||
| Zamalek | 2014–15 | Egyptian Premier League | 31 | 18 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 36 | 20 |
| 2015–16 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 16 | ||
| 2016–17 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 11 | ||
| 2017–18 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 22 | 3 | ||
| Total | 99 | 35 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 137 | 50 | ||
| AEL (loan) | 2018–19 | Super League Greece | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Smouha (loan) | 2018–19 | Egyptian Premier League | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 6 | 0 |
| El Entag El Harby | 2019–20 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 24 | 8 | |
| 2020–21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 8 | 2 | ||
| Total | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 32 | 10 | ||
| El Makkasa | 2020–21 | Egyptian Premier League | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 26 | 11 |
| Ceramica Cleopatra | 2021–22 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 36 | 5 | |
| Ismaily | 2022–23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | |
| National Bank of Egypt (loan) | 2022–23 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 14 | 0 | |
| Career total | 252 | 73 | 27 | 10 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 303 | 91 | ||
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