00:08so my love for football started from my dad because he used to play in Dubai so
00:13he took me to a club called Al Nasser so I started my career from there then I
00:18went to Shahab Lely then Al Wassal then Gulf United and now I'm here in United FC
00:24for me it was a different experience in different clubs like different
00:29mentality different culture how they are about being a UAE nationality you've had
00:35to rely on performance to earn your place at clubs do you feel like that
00:39pressure has made you stronger mentally stronger most of the South Asian kids they
00:44want to go to Premier League or European League they just want to go to Europe
00:48so I want to introduce that there is UAE Football League so you can play and have
00:54your chance to come and play here is there any pros that you you take a look at
00:58that your inspirations the big pro is my coach as it's Andre Pirlo and I have a my
01:04striker Harris he's very experienced there so yeah you mentioned there about
01:09playing under Andrea what's the biggest lessons you've learned from him a very
01:13good man first like a really good person and he helps us a lot whenever we need
01:18him he's there for us as you know Andre is a big legend and we have seen him
01:23play and we have watched him so it is a good experience to learn from him what
01:28he tells we just listen to him and you know adapt in the game he just wants to
01:33win it's it's either training matches friendly games he just wants to win so
01:38his mentality is just to win you lost your father a young age at just 17 it's
01:42something that young a young athlete isn't prepared for how did that period
01:46shape you and and make you want to push harder to pursue football in Dubai he
01:52was my big motivation and inspiration so it was a big loss for me so whenever I
01:56get inside the pitch I play for him and make him proud talk to me a little bit
02:00about the league how is the UAE Pro League talk about the the big names are
02:04here it's growing a lot isn't it yeah it is growing a lot because you know you have
02:08big names here like Balotelli and yes and my coach Pirlo and and it's really
02:12excited to play with them and good the standards are very high and the football
02:18is more faster and it's more mentally than physically looking ahead in your
02:24career obviously you play for a lot of clubs out here in Dubai but what is it
02:26that you want to achieve and what does success look like for you so for me is to
02:30win the UAE Pro League and to play for the national team that's my biggest goal now
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