Al-Musrati

Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Al-Musrati (Arabic: المعتصم بالله علي محمد المصراتي; born 6 April 1996), known simply as Al-Musrati, is a Libyan professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Primeira Liga club Braga and the Libya national team.

Al-Musrati
المصراتي
Personal information
Full name Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Al-Musrati[1]
Date of birth (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996
Place of birth Misrata, Libya[1]
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Braga
Number 8
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2017 Al-Ittihad Tripoli
2017–2019 Vitória de Guimarães B 40 (1)
2019–2020 Vitória de Guimarães 5 (0)
2020 → Rio Ave (loan) 12 (0)
2020– Braga 93 (9)
International career‡
2014– Libya 42 (2)
Medal record
Representing  Libya
African Nations Championship
Winner2014 South Africa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:06, 7 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 April 2023

Club career

Reserve team

In January 2017, he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Vitória de Guimarães of Portugal's Primeira Liga, on the recommendation of their former player Romano Sion.[2] 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 União.[3]

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 Feirense in the second round of the Taça da Liga.[4] Thirteen days later he made his Primeira Liga 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 Bruno Fernandes and Pizzi.[5] 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.[6]

Loan to Rio Ave

Al-Musrati was loaned to Rio Ave of the same league on 29 January 2020, for the rest of the season.[7] He, Diogo Figueiras and Nuno Santos were sent off on 17 June in a 2–1 home loss to Benfica.[8]

Braga

On 31 July 2020, Al-Musrati signed a four-year deal at Braga, joining his former Rio Ave manager Carlos Carvalhal.[9] His first goal was on 26 November, to open a 3–3 home draw with Leicester City in the Europa League group stage;[10] three days later he struck for the first time in the top flight to win at the Estádio Municipal de Braga against Farense.[11] He was voted the league's Player of the Month for February 2021.[12]

On 15 August 2023, he scored a goal in a 4–1 away victory over TSC during the 2023–24 Champions League third qualifying round,[13] to be the first Libyan to score in European competitions.[14] A month later, on 20 September, he made his Champions League group stage debut in a 2–1 defeat against Napoli,[15] to be the first Libyan to achieve this feat.[16]

International career

Al-Musrati 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.[17][18]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 October 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vitória de Guimarães B 2016–17 Liga Portugal 2 30————30
2017–18 Liga Portugal 2 101————101
2018–19 Liga Portugal 2 270————270
Total 401————401
Vitória de Guimarães 2019–20 Primeira Liga 5010—7[lower-alpha 1]1—131
Rio Ave (loan) 2019–20 Primeira Liga 120————120
Braga 2020–21 Primeira Liga 28360307[lower-alpha 1]1—444
2021–22 Primeira Liga 301202011[lower-alpha 1]11[lower-alpha 2]0462
2022–23 Primeira Liga 28341316[lower-alpha 3]0—415
2023–24 Primeira Liga 7200005[lower-alpha 4]1—123
Total 939121812931014314
Career total 15010131813641020816
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance in Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira
  3. Five appearances in UEFA Europa League, one appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 28 March 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Libya 201460
201591
201670
201761
201830
201940
202020
202130
202320
Total422

International goals
Scores and results list Libya's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Elmusrati goal.[20]
List of international goals scored by Ali Elmusrati
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
16 September 2015Petro Sport Stadium, New Cairo, Egypt Cape Verde1–11–22017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
27 October 2017Stade Mustapha Ben Jannet, Monastir, Tunisia DR Congo1–11–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Braga

Libya

References
  1. "Al-Musrati". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "Rio Ave garante empréstimo de Al Musrati" [Rio Ave secure loan of Al Musrati]. Record (in Portuguese). 29 January 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  8. "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.
  9. "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.
  10. "Braga vs Leicester result: Jamie Vardy strikes late to secure draw and spot in Europa League knockout stages". The Independent. 26 November 2020. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  11. "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.
  12. "Liga: Al Musrati eleito o melhor jogador do mês de fevereiro" [Liga: Elmusrati voted February's Player of the Month] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 12 March 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  13. "TSC Bačka Topola 1–4 Braga". UEFA. 15 August 2023.
  14. المعتصم باللّه المصراتي يسجل أول هدف للاعب ليبي في دوري أبطال أوروبا (فيديو). alwasat.ly (in Arabic). 17 August 2023.
  15. "Braga 1–2 Napoli". UEFA. 20 September 2023.
  16. المصراتي أول ليبي يخوض دوري الأبطال ضد ريال مدريد ونابولي. alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). 1 September 2023.
  17. "Halftime: Libya 0-0 Ghana". Soccer Laduma. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  18. Alie, Mohammed (1 February 2014). "CHAN 2014: Libya beat Ghana to snatch first African title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  19. Al-Musrati at Soccerway
  20. "Mohamed, Almoatasembellah Ali". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  21. Ribeiro, Patrick (23 May 2021). "Braga beat nine-man Benfica to lift Portuguese Cup". PortuGOAL. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
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