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Mohamed Salah Ghaly (born 15 June 1992 in Basion, El Gharbia,) is an Egyptian footballer who plays as a Winger for Swiss Super League club Basel and the Egypt national team. As well as representing the Egyptian national team at an early age, he also participated in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won the Swiss Super League in his first season with Basel, and was awarded the CAF Most Promising African Talent of the Year in 2012 CAF Awards.

El Mokawloon
Salah played his youth football with El Mokawloon Sporting Club. He played his debut in their senior team in the Egyptian Premier League being substituted in on 3 May 2010 in the 1–1 away draw against Mansoura. During the 2010–2011 season Salah advanced and became a regular in the team. He scored his first goal for them on 25 December 2010 during the 1–1 away draw against Al Ahly SC. He remained a regular for El Mokawloon, appearing in every game of the 2011–12 season. However, following the Port Said Stadium disaster, early February 2012, the Egyptian Premier League was stopped and all subsequent matches were postponed. On 10 March 2012, the Egyptian Football Association announced their decision to cancel the remainder of the season.

Basel
Swiss Super League club Basel had been monitoring Salah for some time, and after the Port Said Stadium disaster the club organised a friendly match with the Egypt U-23 team. This match took place on 16 March in the Stadion Rankhof, in Basel, and despite Salah only playing during the second half, he scored twice. The game ended in a 4–3 win for the Egypt U-23 team. Basel subsequently invited Salah to remain in the city for a week's training. On 10 April 2012, it was announced that Salah had signed for Basel on a four year contract starting from 15 June 2012.

Salah scored on his unofficial debut on 23 June 2012 against Steaua Bucureşti during a friendly match, a 4–2 defeat. He made his official Basel debut in a UEFA Champions League preliminary stage match against the Norwegian club Molde on 8 August, coming on as a substitute in the 74th minute. He made his league debut on 12 August against Thun, playing the full match. He scored his first league goal a week later, the second goal in the 2–0 home win against Lausanne. Salah scored his first Europa League goal in the quarter-finals on 11 April 2013, as Basel advanced to the semi-finals by beating Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 on penalties after a 4–4 aggregate draw. In the semi-final on 2 May, Salah scored against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, although they were beaten 2–5 on aggregate. Despite late disappointment in Europe, Basel comfortably won the Swiss Super League season 2012–13 Championship title and finished runners-up in the Swiss Cup.

At the beginning of the 2013–14 Salah scored on the first appearance against Aarau on 13 July 2013. He scored his first Champions League goal a month later against Macabi Tel Aviv FC on 6 August 2013 in the third qualifying round. He scored twice against the Bulgarian league champions PFC Ludogorets Razgrad on 21 August 2013 in the play-off round. On 18 September 2013 Salah scored the equalizer against Chelsea in the 2–1 away win during the group stage, During the return tie on 26 November at the St. Jakob-Park Salah scored the winning goal as Basel beat Chelsea for the second time with a 1–0 home win.

Egypt U-23
During the association football Men's tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics Salah scored a goal in each of the three games in the Preliminary round. These being the final goal in the 3–2 defeat against Brazil, the equalizer in the 1–1 draw with New Zealand and the first goal in the 3–1 win against Belarus. The team reached the last eight, but were knocked out by Japan.

Goals for the U-23 team

 * Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.

Senior team
Salah played his debut for the Egypt national football team on 3 September 2011 in the 2–1 away defeat by Sierra Leone. He scored his first goal for the team in the 3–0 win against Niger just one month later. He scored a goal in the 93rd minute in stoppage time against Guinea to give Egypt an important 3–2 away victory in a 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier.

On 9 June 2013, Salah scored three goals (hat-trick) along with an assist when Egypt won their fourth consecutive match in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers. The next match against Mozambique, he scored a goal that led Egypt to qualify from their group.

On 10 September 2013, he scored a goal against Guinea, the game ended 4-2. Salah scored his sixth goal in the World Cup qualifications and is currently the top scorer of Egypt as well as the CAF Qualification leader.

Goals for the senior team

 * Scores and results list Egypt's goal tally first.

Titles and honours
Basel
 * Swiss Super League (1): 2012–13
 * Swiss Cup Runner-up (1): 2012–13
 * Uhren Cup winner: 2013

Individual
 * CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year: 2012
 * SAFP Golden Player - Swiss Golden Player Award for best player in the Swiss Super League: 2013
 * Top scorer in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) with 6 goals (Shared with Mohamed Aboutrika and Asamoah Gyan).