Bassem Morsy
Full nameBassem Morsy el-Qotb Abdallah
Birth date1 January 1992 (age 34)
Birth placeTanta, Gharbia, Egypt
Height1.80 m
PositionForward
CurrentclubAl-Majd
Clubnumber9
Youthclubs 1Othmason Tanta
Youthyears 2–2009
Youthclubs 2Al Mokawloon
Youthyears 32009–2012
Youthclubs 3Petrojet
Years 12012–2013
Clubs 1Petrojet
Caps 113
Goals 14
Years 22013–2014
Clubs 2El Entag El Harby
Caps 215
Goals 29
Years 32014–2019
Clubs 3Zamalek
Caps 399
Goals 335
Years 42018
Clubs 4→ AEL (loan)
Caps 45
Goals 40
Years 52019
Clubs 5→ Smouha (loan)
Caps 56
Goals 50
Years 62019–2021
Clubs 6El Entag El Harby
Caps 632
Goals 610
Years 72021
Clubs 7El Makkasa
Caps 724
Goals 710
Years 82021–2022
Clubs 8Ceramica Cleopatra
Caps 833
Goals 84
Years 92022–2024
Clubs 9Ismaily
Caps 922
Goals 92
Years 102023
Clubs 10→ National Bank of Egypt (loan)
Caps 1013
Goals 100
Years 112024–2025
Clubs 11Tala'ea El Gaish
Caps 115
Goals 110
Years 122025–
Clubs 12Al-Majd
Caps 1210
Goals 122
Nationalyears 12014–2016
Nationalteam 1Egypt
Nationalcaps 110
Nationalgoals 17

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 Al-Majd. And he owns a football academy called "Bassem Morsy Academy".[1]

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.

Career statistics

As of 23 June 2023

ClubSeasonLeagueLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Petrojet2012–13Egyptian Premier League13420––––154
El Entag El Harby2012–130010––––10
2013–1415921––––1710
Total15931––––1810
Zamalek2014–15Egyptian Premier League311852––––3620
2015–1627755114104416
2016–172473173103511
2017–181734010––223
Total99351781972013750
AEL (loan)2018–19Super League Greece4010––––50
Smouha (loan)2018–19Egyptian Premier League6000––––60
El Entag El Harby2019–2024800––––248
2020–218200––––82
Total321000––––3210
El Makkasa2020–21Egyptian Premier League241021––––2611
Ceramica Cleopatra2021–2233400––31365
Ismaily2022–2314100––––141
National Bank of Egypt (loan)2022–2312020––––140
Career total2527327101975130391

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

.[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Egypt201411
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.DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef
14 June 2014Brisbane Road, London, England1Jamaica2–22–2Friendly[5]
226 March 2015Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt2EQG1–02–0Friendly[6]
314 June 2015Borg El Arab Stadium, Alexandria, Egypt3Tanzania2–03–02017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification[7]
46 September 2015Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad4CHA1–05–12017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification[8]
52–0
65–1
729 January 2016Aswan Stadium, Aswan, Egypt7Libya2–02–0Friendly[9]

Honours

Club

Zamalek
Individual

References

  1. ^ "Bassem 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[dead link] Jamicaobserver.com
  4. ^
  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. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. 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.