Bassem Morsy el-Qotb Abdallah ( ar, باسم مرسي القطب عبد الله; born 1 January 1992) is an Egyptian professional

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who plays as a

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for National Bank of Egypt. And he owns a football academy called "Bassem Morsy Academy".

Club career

Petrojet

Morsy played with

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for 4 years scoring 4 goals in 13 matches. Petrojet manager then,

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, 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

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from El Entag El Harby. On 25 October 2014, Morsy scored his first goal for Zamalek against

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in the Egyptian Premier League. Morsy scored his first

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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

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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 11 February 2023''

International career

Morsy has been called up for Egypt for the first time in 2015 for a friendly match against

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. 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.Jamaica Egypt Draw 2–2 in London
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

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, who missed the match due to a severe injury, used to celebrate the same way, and used to wear the same shirt.

International statistics

International goals

:''Egypt score listed first, score column indicates score after each Morsy goal.''

Honours

Club

;Zamalek: * Egyptian Premier League: 2014–15 *

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: 2015, 2015–16, 2017–18 *

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: 2016–17 ;Individual: * Egypt Cup Top goalscorer: 2015–16

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morsy, Basem 1992 births Living people People from Gharbia Governorate People from Tanta Association football forwards Egyptian footballers Egyptian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Egypt international footballers Egyptian Premier League players Super League Greece players Petrojet SC players El Entag El Harby SC players Zamalek SC players Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players Smouha SC players