Salah Basha

Salah Al-Din Reda Mostafa Mostafa Ahmed Basha (Arabic: صلاح الدين رضا مصطفي باشا; born 5 March 2003), known as Salah Basha, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Egyptian club Pharco. Born in Italy, he is a youth international for Egypt.

Salah Basha

Personal information
Full name	Salah Al-Din Reda Mostafa Mostafa Ahmed Basha[1]
Date of birth	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 22)
Place of birth	Verona, Italy[1]
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Pharco
Youth career
	AC Milan
	Juventus
2016	Sharm El Sheikh Sporting Club
2016–2018	Al Ahly
2018–2023	Udinese
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023	Giugliano	1	(0)
2023–	Pharco	0	(0)
International career‡
	Egypt U17
	Egypt U19
	Egypt U20
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23 April 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2 May 2022

Club career

Born in Verona, Italy, to an Egyptian father and Italian mother, Basha started his career with Italian giants AC Milan and Juventus.^[2] Due to his father's work, Basha relocated to South Sinai, Egypt, where he played for Sharm El Sheikh Sporting Club.^[2] He was soon scouted and signed by Egyptian top division side Al Ahly in 2016.^[3]

Having lived in Egypt with his mother and brother, Basha returned to Italy when his father became sick.^[4] On his return, he signed for Serie A side Udinese, who he had trialled with in January 2018.^[5]

He was named on the bench for Udinese for the first time in the penultimate game of the 2020–21 Serie A season, a 1–0 loss to Sampdoria, but did not feature.^[6]

On 27 January 2023, Basha signed with Giugliano in Serie C.^[7]

International career

Basha is eligible to represent both Italy and Egypt at international level.^[8] He has represented Egypt at youth international level.^[9]

Personal life

Salah's brother, Richard, is also a footballer, and moved to Udinese with him before leaving to join Swiss Super League club Lugano in 2021.^[8][10]