Basem Morsi

Basem Morsi
Personal information
Date of birth26 July 1991
Place of birthTanta, Egypt
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Playing positionForward
Club information
Current team
Zamalek
Number17
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2009–2013Petrojet13(4)
2013–2014El-Entag El-Harby15(9)
2014–Zamalek15(8)
National team‡
2014–Egypt2(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2015

Basem Morsi (Arabic: باسم مرسي‎) (born 26 July 1991) is an Egyptian football Striker who plays for Egyptian Premier League side Zamalek as well as the Egyptian national team.

He has been called up for Egypt for the first time in 2014 for two friendly games against Chile and Jamaica. On 4 June 2014 Morsi made his debut against Jamaica as a substitute and managed to score his first international goal to make it 2-2.[1] 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. Gedo, who missed the match due to a severe injury, used to celebrate the same way, and used to wear the same shirt.[2]

Club career

On Wednesday July 2, 2014 Morsi signed a three years contract with Zamalek.[3]

International career

Morsi only played 2 matches for the Egyptian national team, scoring on both matches against Jamaica and Equatorial Guinea.

International goals

Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 4 June 2014 Brisbane Road, London, England  Jamaica 2–2 2–2 Friendly
2 26 March 2015 Petro Sport Stadium, Cairo, Egypt  Equatorial Guinea 1–0 2–0 Friendly

References

  1. ↑ Jamaica Egypt Draw 2-2 in London Jamicaobserver.com
  2. ↑ Did Morsi dedicate his first goal to Gedo? filgoal.com
  3. ↑ http://www.filgoal.com/Arabic/News.aspx?NewsID=140810