Taha Basry (Arabic: طٰهٰ بَصْرِيّ; 2 October 1946 – 2 April 2014)[1] was an Egyptian professional football player and manager.

Taha Basry Bekheit Mokhtar was born on October 2, 1946 in the village of El-Gabal El-Asfar, Qalyubiyya.

He comes from a financially middle class family, but intellectually and morally wealthy, with Upper Egyptian roots from southern Aswan.

He had spent three seasons with Zamalek between training, friendly matches, and foreign trips, Ismaily hired him to participate with them in the African Champions League.

In a press interview, before leaving to join Zamalek,[4] Basry stated:"The most beautiful goal that I am proud of was with Ismaily on a trip to Tunisia in 1970 against the Espérance Sportive de Tunis, where I scored a hat-trick and I am proud of the third goal for I executed it according to my thinking.

He represented his country in a total of 60 caps, one of his most memorable matches was against Morocco in the 1972 African Cup of Nations Qualifiers in Cairo in 1971, and Egypt won by a score of 3-2.

He was the first to lead Enppi after its promotion to the Egyptian Premier league in the 2003 season, and he was able to achieve the league’s biggest surprises this season when he led his team to victory over Al Ahly in the final round of the tournament with a clean sheet, which removed Al Ahly from topping the competition table and gave traditional rivals Zamalek the title.

The best honor for him this season was that he received the title of best coach in Egypt, due to his impressive results with the newly promoted team from the second division league, and his career with the team culminated in his leadership to win the Egypt Cup in the 2004-05 season.

Basry was transferred to the intensive care unit after undergoing tracheotomy surgery at the International Medical Center.