du All-Champions Clinic to select the UAE’s Top Talents & Mentor Winning Teams

UAE – 23 December 2015 – du Football Champions, featuring the nation’s official UAE Schools and Streets Cup and the  regions only youth football scouting platform at an international level, announced today that a special All-Champions Clinic featuring LaLiga coaches and led by Championship Director and LaLiga Global Ambassador Michel Salgado will take place on March 17th and 18th 2016 for the UAE’s 60 top seeded Cup players and winning teams. 

Following the completion of the Abu Dhabi emirate leg of du Football Champions, the top 20 seeded talents were selected by Salgado and his team of scouts. These promising players will meet at the All-Champions Clinic along with their counterparts from Northern Emirates and Dubai, who will be selected by March 2016.

Fahad Al Hassawi, Chief Commercial Officer du, said, “I am pleased to announce the du All-Champions Clinic, along with our partners LaLiga and Inspiratus. This event, which is part of our overall scouting platform, is the next step in our commitment to give the most promising young players in the UAE the opportunity to pursue their dreams for an international football career. I am certain that we will discover some great talents here who will go on to become professional players both nationally and internationally.”

“We understand at Chevrolet the key role that football can play in terms of development of children and our communities of the UAE. We are excited to see these young athletes push themselves to the limit, showcase their footwork prowess, and getting the recognition that they deserve on the field,” said Abdallah Madhoun, Regional Sales and Marketing Manager for Chevrolet, GM Middle East.

The du All-Champions Clinic will be a milestone in these 60 young talents’ journey towards stardom who join the winning teams. Together they will take part in a round of intense, professional-level training, mentoring and matches following which top talents will be selected to travel and train with LaLiga in Spain together with this year’s winning teams.  

Championship Director, Michel Salgado commented on the final selection from Abu Dhabi saying,  “We saw some fantastic play in Abu Dhabi and the decision to pick only 20 was a very difficult one. We were looking for and found young players who have what it takes to become international players: physical and emotional strength, mental focus, agility, and a sheer drive to succeed.  The selected players from Abu Dhabi emirate displayed these qualities and skills consistently week on week.” 

Hussein Murad, CEO of Inspiratus, the organizers of du Football Champions said, “This platform is truly enabling the youth of the UAE to pursue their football aspirations. We created the du All-Champions Clinic to give the top seeded talent from across the country an equal chance to excel and be selected to travel to Spain. The first 20 from Abu Dhabi are now one step closer to their dreams.  We look forward to following their progress over the coming months.”

The duFC scouting platform, the first of its kind in the UAE, will create an ongoing pipeline of pro-football players for both national and international clubs and teams.  

Top players selected from Abu Dhabi:

Goal Keepers: Nawwaf Husain & Azzam Al Bashir 

Defenders: Omar Khader, Abdulla Al Jneibi, Mohammed Hammam Al Saleh, Mohannad Wahdan, Mohammed Siddique Oliyan, Saleh Tahseen

Midfielders: Sultan Bin Lajher, Youssef Sabry, Naif Bin Lajher, Kamallideen Al Akshar, Kai Bhullar, Aboubakr Ramadan, Ahmad Salam

Strikers: Hussain Obeid Jghami, Taha Rabie, Ramy Hatem, Dris Matni, Anes Zayati

The Northern Emirates leg of du Football Champions kicks off on 16 January 2016 and Dubai on 13 February 2016 with registration for both open until January 7th for Norther Emirates and February 4th for Dubai.