The Spanish newspaper "Eldis Mark" confirmed in its issue yesterday that "the 69-year-old Spanish coach, Javier Clemente, has become one of the leading candidates to take over the training of the UAE national football team, succeeding the Dutch coach Van Marwijk, who was fired due to poor results."

The newspaper talked about the changes that affected the Football Association, and the selection of the Transitional Committee to manage the affairs of the Federation led by Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, noting that the shares of the Spanish coach rose to be the next coach of the national team.

And "Eldis Mark" said: It is expected that officials of the transitional committee will conduct personal interviews with the coaches candidates, at the end of this month or early January, led by Javier Clemente.

The report stated that the Football Association views Clemente as the most prominent candidate to take over the training of the national team, especially that he is from the European School, and that he achieved success during his leadership of the Libyan team in an earlier period, and also he previously trained the Spanish national team for six years between 1992 and 1998. The newspaper stated that Clemente was close to training Kuwait national team last October, and he was on a list that included the Swedish Eriksson and Argentine Batista, but the Kuwaiti Federation decided after the dismissal of the Croatian Gozak to keep a temporary coach until next March, the date of the next round of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers, and the Asian Cup 2023. .

The report believes that Clemente's candidacy for the leadership of Al Abyad is a logical matter for the circumstances in which the team is going through in his group, as he became required to win the remaining four games in order to be able to compete for a qualifying card in the qualifiers, as he currently occupies fourth place in Group 7, with 6 points and a difference of 5 Score on Vietnam leader.

It is noteworthy that Clemente was a candidate earlier to train Al-Ahly of Egypt, but he was excluded from the options because of the age factor, according to the newspaper, which said that the coach, despite reaching the sixty-nine, but says that he is still thirsty for new challenges.

On the other hand, the Emirates Football Association’s Technical Affairs and Teams Committee will hold its first meeting today at the Federation’s headquarters in Dubai, headed by Ghanem Al-Hajri, to discuss a set of files, headed by the new coach of the team.

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Name: Javier Clemente

Age: 69 years

The most prominent teams he coached:

62 matches with Spain

16 matches with Serbia

• 8 games with Cameroon

• 14 games with Libya

Most prominent clubs:

175 matches with Atletico Bilbao

117 matches with Espanyol

• 37 games with Real Sociedad

• 15 games with French Marseille

* Nicknames:

• Spanish League twice

King of Spain Cup

• Spanish Super Cup

• Africa Nations for local players 2014 with Libya

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Years during which he trained Spanish Javier Clemente "Matador" between 1992 and 1998.