Bassem Morsy el-Qotb Abdallah (Arabic: باسم مرسي القطب عبد الله; born 1 January 1992) is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ismaily. And he owns a football academy called "Bassem Morsy Academy".[1]
| 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 | |||
Current team | 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 | → AEL (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Smouha (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | El Entag El Harby | 32 | (10) |
| 2021 | El Makkasa | 24 | (10) |
| 2021–2022 | Ceramica Cleopatra | 33 | (4) |
| 2022– | Ismaily | 14 | (1) |
| 2023 | → National Bank of Egypt (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2016 | Egypt | 10 | (7) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 November 2016 | |||
Club career edit
Petrojet edit
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 edit
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 edit
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.
Career statistics edit
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 | ||
International career edit
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 edit
- As of 13 November 2016.[4]
| 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 edit
- Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Morsy goal.[4]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 June 2014 | Brisbane Road, London, England | 1 |  Jamaica |
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly | [5] |
| 2 | 26 March 2015 | Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | 2 |  Equatorial Guinea |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [6] |
| 3 | 14 June 2015 | Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt | 3 |  Tanzania |
2–0 | 3–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [7] |
| 4 | 6 September 2015 | Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad | 4 |  Chad |
1–0 | 5–1 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [8] |
| 5 | 2–0 | |||||||
| 6 | 5–1 | |||||||
| 7 | 29 January 2016 | Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt | 7 |  Libya |
2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | [9] |
Honours edit
Club edit
- Zamalek
- Individual
References edit
- ^ "Bassem Morsy - Player profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "حوار - باسم مرسي: الرقم 10 ومرتضى أسباب انضمامي للزمالك .. وسأكون النجم الأول". FilGoal.com.
- ^ Jamaica Egypt Draw 2–2 in London[permanent dead link] Jamicaobserver.com
- ^ a b "Morsy, Basem". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Report: Jamaica 2-2 Egypt". leytonorient.com. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Egypt 2-0 Equatorial Guinea: Hector Cuper era begins with a win". myjoyonline.com. 26 March 2016. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Egypt defeat Tanzania 3-0 after inspired second half". kingfut.com. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Morsy nets perfect hattrick in Chad drubbing". kingfut.com. 6 September 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ^ "Egypt beat Libya in match disrupted by teargas". english.ahram.org.eg. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2018.