Ali Mohsen.. Yemen’s missile that conquered English West Ham

 

Yemen is filled with names that have flown and roamed the green rectangle. They are, in a simple translation, a spherical fruit whose value increases with the passing of the years. One of them was a unique star with a superior ability to dodge and tame the ball in the air and kick it with the air from any position. He graduated from the Military College with the rank of lieutenant, and worked as a teacher at the Yemeni Military College, he also held the position of advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports in Yemen.

He was given many titles: Ali Atlas, the intercontinental missile, Abu Al-Kabatain, the English conqueror of West Ham, and other titles that were attached to the ambassador of Yemeni football, and the personality of the century in Yemen, Ali Mohsen.

A naturally talented player, he went to Egypt for high school, was rejected by the Ibrahimi School in the first year, so he lived with an Egyptian family, and played football in the Cairo alleys to the extent that he caught attention, at a time when scouts were roaming the Egyptian alleys to discover talents, so Muhammad Qandil discovered him at the age of 18 year ago, he was included by one of the poles of Egyptian football, Zamalek Club, and his first meeting with the team came against the other pole, Al-Ahly, in the Egyptian Cup final, to achieve the fourth pyramid, as the Egyptian football fans who madly adored him called it, the winning goal 2/1.

Ali Mohsen set off with a rocket speed, weaving a success story despite its shortness that is still stuck in the minds of Egyptians and Yemenis, so he achieved the title of top scorer in the Egyptian League for 3 consecutive seasons, 1960, 1961, 1962, and he is the owner of the most wonderful goal in front of the Egyptian club Port Said, when he received a ball on the 18th line, turned around and fixed it with his chest.

Ali Mohsen was loved by the Egyptians of all their orientations, so they demanded that he be granted the Egyptian nationality, but he apologized and stuck to his Yemeni identity, so he was the only player who played for the Egyptian national team without obtaining the Egyptian nationality.

Ali Mohsen stared in front of world stars, when Zamalek hosted West Ham, England, after England won the 1966 World Cup, and Ali Mohsen played against England captain Bobby Moore and top scorer Hurst, and Zamalek succeeded in winning 5/1, and Al-Marisi shone until the stars of England commented that he is a global player. He also played against Pele, Puskas, Zagallo and Ammo Baba.

Surprisingly, amidst this glow, Al-Muraisi returned to Yemen and worked as a coach. He led Al-Shaab, Al-Minaa, Al-Hilal, and Aden. He also coached the Yemeni teams and achieved victories and achievements with them.

He also worked as a coach for the Somali Horsed, the 1972 and 1973 seasons, winning the League Championship and the East African Championship, then supervising the first Somalia national team.

Ali Mohsen passed away on November 26, 1993, in Sanaa, which named his name on its largest stadium, and also organizes an annual competition in his name, and named his name on the street he used to live in in the city of Tawahi, so that the name of the first ambassador remains strongly present between Egypt and Yemen.