Today's dream and tomorrow star .. Academy Aspire Asian Champions Factory

Nasser Sadek

"Today is a dream and tomorrow is the star" Aspire Academy logo - Al-Annabi won the Asian Cup for the first time in its history - the culmination of its efforts over the past years, where graduated from the Academy most of the players of the team crowned, starting from the best guard in the championship (Saad Alshib) even better Player and goal (Moez Ali).

It is noteworthy that coach Felix Sanchez trained them all over the years with the Academy and include them in the ranks of the Sunni groups, and was eight of the team finally crowned within the Qatar youth team, who won the AFC U-19 Championship in 2014 in Myanmar under the leadership of Sanchez also.

Al-Anabi guard Saad Al-Shaib, 28, was the first player to be released from Aspire in 2009. In a special statement to Al-Jazeera Net, Al-Shaib said he was lucky to study in this wonderful academy.

"At Aspire, I learned the commitment and discipline in my studies and sports, and my technical and physical development greatly improved on the stadiums and between the walls. The internal and external training camps and the friendly international matches we played with Aspire team also refined me during our study."

Graduates of the academy, the 2014 batch of top scorer Al Anabi and Asia Al Moez Ali, and the 2015 push from playmaker Akram Afif, who contributed significantly to Qatar's 10-goal win and a goal from Japan, are among the most outstanding payments to outstanding players. Are currently participating in the Annabi team.

The 2015 push of the Qatari national team led many Qataris to celebrate this batch after the coronation. Some were keen to publish their pictures at the start of their career at the Aspire Academy in 2006 with the image of the Asian Cup winners, Graduates of this batch.

Among them is Abdulkareem Hasan, a graduate of Aspire Academy, who was named the 2018 Asian Footballer of the Year before he crowned the continental title with Annabi, who told Al-Jazeera Net he was proud to be one of Aspire's graduates. He benefited a lot from professional life, Which made him shine and become a star in the world of Asian football.

On the way to the Asian Champions, Al Jazeera Net met three players from the academy: Yusuf Al Ishaq (10th grade student), Mahdi Salem (ninth grade) and Abdul Rahman Al Dosari (9th grade).

Al-Ishaq said he was a player in Al-Ahli's national football team and joined Aspire after watching the league matches with his club and his brilliance in the matches. He also benefited from joining the academy, which gives him the chance to excel in studying and playing together. In international forums to become like the champions of Asia.

"The internal study at Aspire (where students stay in hotel rooms equipped with the academy) earned him the qualities of commitment and discipline, and made him develop his ability to self-reliance in his public and personal life. External professionalism in Europe and the representation of his country's team in international forums.

Al-Dossari, a member of the Al Sadd club, says he feels privileged among his non-Aspire peers because he has great experience in football and study by joining the Academy, which he regards as an honor for the State of Qatar. He is fortunate to belong to the prestigious Academy and Al Sadd Club. He has a prominent positive role in his sporting and personal life.

Aspire Academy is not only a professional life for the students, but also a guide to the European professional. More than ten players from Al Annabi have won the Asian Cup, most notably Akram Afif, who moved from the dam to Villarreal in 2015, becoming the first Qatari player to play in the league. .

This came after Afif spent a season on loan in the ranks of Aubin Belgian owned by the Aspire Academy and moved him to the First Division, and also won second place for the best player in the second division behind the Algerian midfielder Sufian Hani, a professional at the Michelin Club.

The academy also has four other members of Aspire's Coloreal Leonisa, who are also second in the league. They are Al-Moez Ali, Tamim Al-Muhaizah, Assem Madbo and Sultan Al-Breiki, as part of the Academy's policy to provide the international stars with the necessary international expertise to equip them for the Olympic team. And the first.

The Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at the Aspire Academy - during his official visit to Japan - was the best medal on the chest of the Academy's principals, which was considered and is still being followed closely by Sheikh Jassem bin Hamad Al-Thani, the personal envoy of the Amir. The unprecedented Asian achievement of the ivy.

The Aspire Academy was founded in 2004 with the vision of achieving two main goals: to discover and refine promising sports talents and transform them into generations of exceptional heroes in sport and life to be able to represent the different national teams in a variety of different sports and inspire the community to promote culture Sports in Qatar and the surrounding region.

To achieve this, the Academy has five principal departments specializing in the sponsorship of sports students: football management, science and football management, sports management (sports other than football), sports science administration, education management and student care.

The academy includes distinguished players in various games through the follow-up of its technical supervisors for the various periodicals and tournaments. The study continues until the third secondary grade, through an internal system that combines study and sports training, with the students giving a weekly holiday on Friday and Saturday.

Aside from football, in other sports there are also a large group of Aspire Academy graduates who have won trophies and scored continental and world records, most notably the Olympic champion and world jump champion Motaz Barshm.

Throughout the year, students have the opportunity to participate in international competitions, including camps abroad, international events at home, and the reception of many visiting teams.

The competitive factor of the Academy's programs focuses on further developing performance while allowing young people to experiment, get competitive, challenge and travel requirements, play in unfamiliar environments or adapt to different cultures.

"The confidence placed in us by Sheikh Jassem Bin Hamad Al Thani and HH Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani, President of the Qatar Football Federation, and their patience have been instrumental in helping us reach this milestone, which was achieved today, winning the Asian Cup," said Ivan Bravo, .

"There are a number of factors that have contributed to the development of these players, including the opportunity to live and professionalism in European clubs, and this gave us the opportunity to develop them outside Qatar in a calm and away from the daily discussion, relieving them psychological pressure and leave them time to focus on work and development quickly away from the lights. "That was one of the main reasons for the Asian Cup."

"The academy is not only about football, but it has the best luck, but there are other sports that are developing very well and reaping good results like athletics, squash, table tennis, dueling, shooting and even mechanical sports," he said.

"At the Aspire Academy there is a balanced and sophisticated education that meets the requirements based on the latest global technologies, live languages, leadership skills, sports culture and communication skills, and the academy is internationally accredited."