Ali Mohsen

{{Use dmy dates|date = April 2020}} {{short description|Yemeni footballer}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ali Mohsen | image = علي محسن المريسي.jpg | fullname = Ali Mohsen Saad Al-Moraisi | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|9|16}} | birth_place = Aden, Colony of Aden | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1993|11|26|1940|9|16}} | death_place = Sana'a, Yemen | height = 1.70 m | position = Forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Al-Ghazal SC | years1 = 1958–1966 | clubs1 = Zamalek | caps1 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1961 | nationalteam1 = Egypt | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 = | manageryears1 = 1970–1974 | managerclubs1 = Horseed | manageryears2 = 1975 | managerclubs2 = South Yemen U20 | caption = Mohsen with Zamalek in 1959 }}

'''Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi''' ({{langx|ar|علي محسن المريسي}}; 1940 – 1993) was a Yemeni professional footballer who played as a forward. He was the first Yemeni player to play in the Egyptian League, with Zamalek in the 1960s. Mohsen was also the first foreigner to ever finish as top-scorer of the Egyptian League.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=FIFA.com|title=Classic football: Zamalek, Egypt's white knights|url=https://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=343/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529151936/http://www.fifa.com/classicfootball/clubs/club=343/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 May 2009|accessdate=2010-07-12}}</ref>

==Career== Mohsen played for Zamalek from 1958 to 1966, he won with the Cairo giants, the Egyptian Premier League in (1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65), and the Egypt Cup in (1958, 1959, 1960, 1962). While with Zamalek, Mohsen once scored against Real Madrid in 1961, in a 7–1 defeat, while playing for an Egyptian select side with several players from Zamalek, Al Ahly and Al Masry.<ref>{{cite web|author=Torre, Raúl|title=International Trip of Real Madrid CF 1961|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/madrid-trip61.html|date=2008-01-03}}</ref>

[[File:S_Qotb,_A_Mohsen_-_E_Baheeg.jpg|thumb|Samir Qotb, Mohsen (middle) and Essam Baheeg with Zamalek in 1959]] thumb|170px|Mohsen with Zamalek in 1961

After retiring from his playing career, he coached Somalia in 1973, and Al-Satra in Southern Yemen, before moving to Johar Al-Rab.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} The national stadium in Sana'a is named after the player.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} He was appointed councilor for Minister of Youth and Sports until his death in 1994.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} The Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi Tournament has been played annually in his honour since 1992, in cooperation with Aden Football Association.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

==Honours and achievements==

=== Player=== '''Zamalek''' *Egyptian Premier League: 1959–60, 1963–64, 1964–65 *Egypt Cup: 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62

===Individual=== * Egyptian Premier League Top goalscorer: 1960–61

===Manager=== '''Horseed''' *Somalia League: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74

==See also == * Ali Muhesen Stadium * Ali Muhsin Cup

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{NFT player|61202}}

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