Al-Musrati

Almoatasembellah Ali Mohamed Al-Musrati (Arabic: المعتصم بالله علي محمد المصراتي‎; born 6 April 1996), known simply as Al-Musrati, is a Libyan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Portuguese club S.C. Braga.

Club Career

Al-Ittihad Tripoli

Born in Misrata, Elmusrati began his career at Al-Ittihad Tripoli.

Vitoria de Guimaraes

Reserve team

In January 2017 he signed a three-and-a-half-year deal at Vitoria de Guimaraes of Portugal's Primeira Liga, on the recommendation of their former player Romano Sion. He began playing for their reserve team in LigaPro, and on 4 March 2018 scored his first goal to equalise in a 1–1 draw away to Uniao.

First team

On 5 August 2019, Elmusrati made his debut for the first team, playing the full 90 minutes of a 1–0 win at Feirense in the second round of the Taca da Liga. Thirteen days later he made his Primeira Liga debut in a 1–1 home draw with Boavista and was third-place in the vote for the league's best midfielder of the month, behind Bruno Fernandes and Pizzi. On 12 December, he scored his only goal for the first team, equalising in a 3–2 comeback win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the group stage of the UEFA Europa League; his club was already eliminated.

Loan to Rio Ave

Elmusrati was loaned to Rio Ave of the same league on 29 January 2020, for the rest of the season. He, Diogo Figueiras and Nuno Santos were sent off on 17 June in a 2–1 home loss to Benfica.

Braga

On 31 July 2020, Elmusrati signed a four-year deal at Braga, joining his former Rio Ave manager Carlos Carvalhal. His first goal was on 26 November, to open a 3–3 home draw with Leicester City in the Europa League group stage; three days later he struck for the first time in the top flight to win at the Estadio Municipal de Braga against Farense. He was voted the league's Player of the Month for February 2021.