Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi was Yemen

Yemen

The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....

’s greatest football player, and the first to ply his trade in the Egypt

Egypt

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ian league with Arab giants Zamalek

Zamalek

Zamalek Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Meet Okba, Giza, Egypt that plays in the Egyptian Premier League....

 in the 1960s. He was the first foreigner to ever finish top-scorer of the Egyptian league.

He once scored in a 7-1 defeat by Real Madrid

Real Madrid

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 in 1961, while playing for a select side with several players from Zamalek, Ahly and Al-Masry

Al-Masry

Al-Masry Sporting Club , is an Egyptian sporting club based in Port Said. Founded in 1920 by a group of Egyptians in Port Said to be the first club for the Egyptians in the city which was full of many other clubs for the foreign communities which inhabited Port Said...

.

Played against the greatest players in the world such as: Pele

Pelé

However, Pelé has always maintained that those are mistakes, that he was actually named Edson and that he was born on 23 October 1940.), best known by his nickname Pelé , is a retired Brazilian footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time...

, Di Stefano

Di Stefano

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, Zagallo, Puskas

Puskás

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, Didi

Valdir Pereira

Waldyr Pereira , nicknamed Didi , was a Brazilian footballer who played midfielder. He played in three World Cups: 1954, 1958, and 1962, winning the latter two. He is considered to be one of the greatest midfielders in the sport renowned for his range of passing, stamina and flawless technique...

 , Garrincha

Garrincha

Manuel Francisco dos Santos , known by the nickname "Garrincha" , was an association football right winger and forward who helped the Brazil national team win the World Cups of 1958 and 1962. He played the majority of his professional career for Brazilian club Botafogo.The word garrincha itself...

, Santos

Santos

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, Santa Maria

Santa Maria

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, Bobby Moore

Bobby Moore

Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...

, Geoff Hurst

Geoff Hurst

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, also played with the greatest stars the Arabs : Ammo Baba

Ammo Baba

Emmanuel Baba Dawud better known as Ammo Baba , was a former Iraqi and ethnic Assyrian international football player and coach of the Iraq national football team...

, from Iraq

Iraq

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, Sidiik Mnzul, Borai Abdalkhar, from Sudan

Sudan

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, Chicha of Morocco

Morocco

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, Hassan Al-Amir, from Algeria

Algeria

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 .. And others

After retiring from playing, he coached Somalia

Somalia

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 in 1973, and managed Al-Satra in Southern Yemen, before moving to Johar Al-Rab. The national stadium in Sana'a

Sana'a

-Districts:*Al Wahdah District*As Sabain District*Assafi'yah District*At Tahrir District*Ath'thaorah District*Az'zal District*Bani Al Harith District*Ma'ain District*Old City District*Shu'aub District-Old City:...

 is named after the player.

He was appointed councilor for Minister of Youth and Sports until his death in 1994. The Ali Mohsen Al-Moraisi Tournament has been played annually in his honour since 1992, in cooperation with Aden Football Association.

The Moraisi Football Tournament was started in 1992, in cooperation with Aden Football Association.

Player

Al-Zamalek:

• Egyptian Premier League
  Egyptian Premier League
  The Egyptian Premier League is an Egyptian professional league for football clubs and represents the top flight of Egyptian football. The championship consists of nineteen competing teams in a home and away league system. It is currently known as the Etisalat Egyptian Premier League, after the...
  
  : 3

  1960, 1964, 1965

• Egypt Cup
  Egyptian Soccer Cup
  The Egypt Cup is the main "knockout" football cup competition in Egypt. It was created in 1921, and was not played only between 1968 and 1971 due to the Six-Day War, in 1973–74 due to October War and in 1979–80, 1981–82, 1986–87 and 1993–94....
  
  : 4

  1958, 1959, 1960, 1962

individual

• Egyptian Premier League Top goalscorers 1960/61.