Ali Elmusrati

Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Musrati, known as Ali Musrati or Ali Al Musrati (Arabic: المعتصم بالله علي محمد المصراتي‎; born 6 April 1996) is a Libyan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club S.C. Braga.

Ali Musrati
Personal information
Full name Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Musrati
Date of birth (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996
Place of birth Misrata, Libya
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Braga
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2017–2019 Vitória Guimarães B 40 (3)
2019–2020 Vitória Guimarães 5 (0)
2020 → Rio Ave (loan) 12 (0)
2020– Braga 7 (1)
National team‡
2014– Libya 35 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:43, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Club career

Born in Misrata, Elmusrati began his career at Al-Ittihad Club (Tripoli). In January 2017 he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Vitória S.C. of Portugal's Primeira Liga, on the recommendation of their former player Romano Sion.[1] He began playing for their reserve team in LigaPro, and on 4 March 2018 scored his first goal to equalise in a 1–1 draw away to C.F. União.[2]

On 5 August 2019, Elmusrati made his debut for the first team of the club from Guimarães, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win at C.D. Feirense in the second round of the Taça da Liga.[3] Thirteen days later he made his Primeira Liga debut in a 1–1 home draw with Boavista F.C. and was third-place in the vote for the league's best midfielder of the month, behind Bruno Fernandes and Pizzi.[4] On 12 December, he scored his only goal for the first team, equalising in a 3–2 comeback win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League; his club was already eliminated.[5]

Elmusrati was loaned to Rio Ave F.C. of the same league on 29 January 2020, for the rest of the season.[6] He, Diogo Figueiras and Nuno Santos were sent off on 17 June in a 2–1 home loss to S.L. Benfica.[7]

On 31 July 2020, Elmusrati signed a four-year deal at S.C. Braga, joining his former Rio Ave manager Carlos Carvalhal.[8] His first goal was on 26 November, to open a 3–3 home draw with Leicester City in the Europa League group stage;[9] three days later he struck for the first time in the top flight to win at the Estádio Municipal de Braga against S.C. Farense.[10]

International career

Elmusrati was first called up for Libya at the 2014 African Nations Championship in South Africa, and played all but one game including the penalty shootout win over Ghana in the final.[11][12]

International goals
Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elmusrati goal.[13]
List of international goals scored by Ali Elmusrati
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1.6 September 2015Petro Sport Stadium, New Cairo, Egypt Cape Verde1–11–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.7 October 2017Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia DR Congo1–11–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honors

Libya

References
  1. Andrade, Tomaz (21 February 2017). ""Al Musrati tem grande futuro, daqui a dois anos não está cá"" ["Al Musrati has a big future, two years from now he won't be here"]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  2. "U. Madeira-V. Guimarães B, 1-1: Madeirenses não seguraram a vantagem" [U. Madeira-V. Guimarães B, 1-1: Madeirans fail to keep the lead]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 March 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. "V. Guimarães elimina Feirense e está na fase de grupos da Taça da Liga" [V. Guimarães eliminate Feirense and are in the group phase of the Taça da Liga]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 5 August 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  4. "Bruno Fernandes eleito o melhor médio do mês de agosto" [Bruno Fernandes chosen as best midfielder in the month of August] (in Portuguese). Bancada. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  5. "V. Guimarães despede-se com vitória em Frankfurt (Veja os golos)" [V. Guimarães sign off with victory in Frankfurt (Watch the goals)]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  6. "Rio Ave garante empréstimo de Al Musrati" [Rio Ave secure loan of Al Musrati]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. "Benfica vence em Vila do Conde perante Rio Ave que terminou com nove" [Benfica win in Vila do Conde against a Rio Ave who finished with nine]. O Guardião (in Portuguese). 18 June 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  8. "Al Musrati assina por quatro épocas pelo SC Braga" [Elmusrati signs for four seasons for SC Braga] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. "Braga vs Leicester result: Jamie Vardy strikes late to secure draw and spot in Europa League knockout stages". The Independent. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  10. "Braga vence lanterna e assume a vice-liderança do Campeonato Português" [Braga defeat bottom team and take second place in Portuguese Championship] (in Portuguese). UOL. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. "Halftime: Libya 0-0 Ghana". Soccer Laduma. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  12. Alie, Mohammed (1 February 2014). "CHAN 2014: Libya beat Ghana to snatch first African title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  13. "Mohamed, Almoatasembellah Ali". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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