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 Udinese. Born in Italy, he is a youth international for Egypt.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Salah Al-Din Reda Mostafa Mostafa Ahmed Basha[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 19) | ||
| Place of birth | Verona, Italy[1] | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Udinese | ||
| Number | 68 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| A.C. Milan | |||
| Juventus | |||
| 2016 | Sharm Sporting Club | ||
| 2016–2018 | Al Ahly | ||
| 2018– | Udinese | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| Egypt U17 | |||
| Egypt U19 | |||
| Egypt U20 | |||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 May 2022 | |||
Born in Verona, Italy, to an Egyptian father and Italian mother, Basha started his career with Italian giants A.C. 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]
Basha is eligible to represent both Italy and Egypt at international level.[7] He has represented Egypt at youth international level.[8]
Salah's brother, Richard, is also a footballer, and moved to Udinese with him before leaving to join Swiss side Lugano in 2021.[7][9]