Dubai Sports Council secretary-general Saeed Hareb traces his journey from the sands of Shindagah

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00:00The journey of football starts with Al-Wasl and from there I start training with a different coach.

00:15I was born with the language of the sea because when we are kids we are swimming

00:26always otherwise in the creek or in the beach side where is today Port Rashid.

00:36The journey of football starts with Al-Wasl and from there I start

00:46to training with a different coach. We're traveling to Germany, we're traveling to Spain,

00:53we're traveling to make a camp for the team but I get injured after that. Then I stop

01:03football then I become board members of Al-Wasl and team manager of Al-Wasl.

01:12I couldn't continue my career with football because I am a military person.

01:20I must travel to the UK and to do my military course. During my time in the UK I received a call

01:31in 1985 from Mr. Hamid Brook who is a board member of the Football Federation. We need you to become

01:42as a team manager for the national team. Then the travel journey with football

01:51starts with the national team and then step by step we built our national team. After the national

01:59team I stop football and I back to decide where I go. Then I start to think about the routes

02:12I say I want to take the football out from my mind. I want to back to my roots. What is my

02:20roots? It's the sea. Then there is a committee from my work where I work in central military

02:32command. They do community committee to organize the power pole racing. When I went there

02:39they started talking something what do you think about the waves or what do you think about the

02:45wind what do you think. I give some answer. I present myself as a younger members and as first

02:53Arabic in this federation. After that we start to organize some local race then appoint me as a

03:03general secretary of Dubai International Marine Club. Then I joined Dubai International Marine

03:11Club. Then I will start to organize the first race of power boat racing 1992. I joined Nakhil

03:23for part-time to work with him as director of marine division of Nakhil. Then during Nakhil

03:31also I have appointed by Sheikh Hamdan as become a general secretary of Dubai sport council.

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