Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Al-Musrati ( ar, المعتصم بالله علي محمد المصراتي; born 6 April 1996), known simply as Al-Musrati, is a Libyan professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Libya national team.

Club career

Vitória de Guimarães

Reserve team

In January 2017, he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at

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of Portugal's

, on the recommendation of their former player Romano Sion. He began playing for their

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, and on 4 March 2018 scored his first goal to equalise in a 1–1 draw away to União.

First team

On 5 August 2019, Al-Musrati made his debut for the first team, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win at

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in the second round of the

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. Thirteen days later he made his

debut in a 1–1 home draw with Boavista and was third-place in the vote for the league's best midfielder of the month, behind

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and Pizzi. On 12 December, he scored his only goal for the first team, equalising in a 3–2 comeback win at

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in the group stage of the

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; his club was already eliminated.

Loan to Rio Ave

Al-Musrati was loaned to

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of the same league on 29 January 2020, for the rest of the season. He,

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and Nuno Santos were sent off on 17 June in a 2–1 home loss to Benfica.

Braga

On 31 July 2020, Al-Musrati signed a four-year deal at

, joining his former Rio Ave manager

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. His first goal was on 26 November, to open a 3–3 home draw with

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in the Europa League group stage; three days later he struck for the first time in the top flight to win at the

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against

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. He was voted the league's Player of the Month for February 2021.

International career

Al-Musrati was first called up for

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at the

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in South Africa, and played all but one game including the penalty shootout win over

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in the final.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elmusrati goal.''

Honours

Braga *

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Libya *

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Musrati 1996 births People from Misrata Living people Libyan footballers Libya men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli) players Vitória S.C. B players Vitória S.C. players Rio Ave F.C. players S.C. Braga players Libyan Premier League players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Libyan expatriate footballers Libyan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Portugal Libya men's A' international footballers 2014 African Nations Championship players