Basem Morsy
{{Short description|Egyptian footballer (born 1992)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Bassem Morsy
| image =
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| full_name = Bassem Morsy el-Qotb Abdallah
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|01|01|df=y}}
| birth_place = Tanta, Gharbia, Egypt
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Forward
| currentclub = Ismaily
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Othmason Tanta
| youthyears2 = –2009
| youthclubs2 = Al Mokawloon
| youthyears3 = 2009–2012
| youthclubs3 = Petrojet
| years1 = 2012–2013
| clubs1 = Petrojet
| caps1 = 13
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2013–2014
| clubs2 = El Entag El Harby
| caps2 = 15
| goals2 = 9
| years3 = 2014–2019
| clubs3 = Zamalek
| caps3 = 99
| goals3 = 35
| years4 = 2018-2019
| clubs4 = → AEL (loan)
| caps4 = 5
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2019-2019
| clubs5 = → Smouha (loan)
| caps5 = 6
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2019–2021
| clubs6 = El Entag El Harby
| caps6 = 32
| goals6 = 10
| clubs7 = El Makkasa
| years7 = 2021-2021
| caps7 = 24
| goals7 = 10
| clubs8 = Ceramica Cleopatra
| years8 = 2021–2022
| caps8 = 33
| goals8 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 2014–2016
| nationalteam1 = Egypt
| nationalcaps1 = 10
| nationalgoals1 = 7
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update =
| years9 = 2022–
| clubs9 = Ismaily
| caps9 = 21
| goals9 = 1
| clubs10 = → National Bank of Egypt (loan)
| years10 = 2023-2023
| caps10 = 13
| goals10 = 0
}}
Bassem Morsy el-Qotb Abdallah ({{langx|ar|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".{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/bassim-morsi/284970/ |title=Bassem Morsy - Player profile |work=Soccerway |accessdate=24 April 2019}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.filgoal.com/articles/211007/%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-10-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%89-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B6%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83-%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A3%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84|title=حوار - باسم مرسي: الرقم 10 ومرتضى أسباب انضمامي للزمالك .. وسأكون النجم الأول|website=FilGoal.com}} 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
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ ! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Season ! rowspan="2" |League ! colspan="2" |League ! colspan="2" |Cup ! colspan="2" |Continental ! colspan="2" |Other ! colspan="2" |Total |
| Apps
!Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals |
|---|
| Petrojet
| rowspan="3" |Egyptian Premier League |13 |4 |2 |0 |– |– |– |– |15 |4 |
| rowspan="3" |El Entag El Harby
|0 |0 |1 |0 |– |– |– |– |1 |0 |
| 2013–14
|15 |9 |2 |1 |– |– |– |– |17 |10 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!15 !9 !3 !1 !– !– !– !– !18 !10 |
| rowspan="5" |Zamalek
| rowspan="4" |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 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!99 !35 !17 !8 !19 !7 !2 !0 !137 !50 |
| AEL (loan)
|4 |0 |1 |0 |– |– |– |– |5 |0 |
| Smouha (loan)
| rowspan="3" |Egyptian Premier League |6 |0 |0 |0 |– |– |– |– |6 |0 |
| rowspan="3" |El Entag El Harby
|24 |8 |0 |0 |– |– |– |– |24 |8 |
| 2020–21
|8 |2 |0 |0 |– |– |– |– |8 |2 |
| colspan="2" |Total
!32 !10 !0 !0 !– !– !– !– !32 !10 |
| El Makkasa
| rowspan="4" |Egyptian Premier League |24 |10 |2 |1 |– |– |– |– |26 |11 |
| Ceramica Cleopatra
|33 |4 |0 |0 |– |– |3 |1 |36 |5 |
| Ismaily
|14 |1 |0 |0 |– |– |– |– |14 |1 |
| National Bank of Egypt (loan)
|12 |0 |2 |0 |– |– |– |– |14 |0 |
| colspan="3" |Career total
!252 !73 !27 !10 !19 !7 !5 !1 !303 !91 |
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.[http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Jamaica--Egypt-draw-2–2-in-London Jamaica Egypt Draw 2–2 in London]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Jamicaobserver.com 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=
{{updated|13 November 2016}}.{{NFT player |id=55697 |name=Morsy, Basem |accessdate=8 January 2018}}
| class=wikitable style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=6|Egypt
|2014 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total | 10 | 7 |
=International goals=
:Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Morsy goal.
Honours
=Club=
;Zamalek:
;Individual:
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morsy, Basem}}
Category:Sportspeople from Tanta
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Egyptian men's footballers
Category:Egyptian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Category:Egypt men's international footballers
Category:Egyptian Premier League players
Category:Super League Greece players
Category:El Entag El Harby SC players