A statistic monitored by "Emirates Today" for the ages of the first national football team, who were chosen in the list that was announced the day before yesterday by Serbian coach Ivan Jovanovic, revealed the coach's first list since the Football Association announced that he was hired on the 22nd of last year that the youngest player in The squad list is Al-Dhafra player Khaled Bawazeer and he is 24 years old, while the oldest player in the team is Al Ain Mohannadi Al-Anzi (34 years), meaning that the age difference between the youngest and oldest player in the team is 10 years, knowing that Al-Ahly youth player Walid Abbas is He is also 34 years old, but he is about three years younger than Muhannad al-Anazi Of months only.
The national team is preparing for its remaining matches in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup, as it plays in the seventh group that includes next to it the teams of Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The age statistics for the players of the team that included 25 players showed that there is one player of 31 years, who is Al-Nasr player Tariq Ahmed, and one player of 27 years is Al-Ahly youth player Walid Hussein, and the list included seven players who are 30 years old, they are: Sharjah goalkeeper Adel Al-Hosni , Al Ain goalkeeper Khaled Issa, Al-Ahly youth player Mohammed Marzouq, Al-Jazira player Amer Abdul Rahman, Al-Wasl player Habboush Saleh, and Al-Ain player Mohammed Abdul Rahman, while it included six players aged 29 years: Al Ain player Bandar Al-Ahbabi, the youth player Al-Ahly Abdulaziz Heikal, and the player of victory Habib Al-Fardan, and player Al-Wahda Mohammed Barghash, and for Al Jazeera played Mohamed Fawzi Ali Mabkhout, also included three players aged 28 years are: Ahli player Ahmed Khalil youth player Omar Abdul Rahman Al Jazeera, Sharjah player Hassan Saleh.
The squad list revealed that there are four players aged 26 years: they are Al-Nasr player Ahmed Shambieh, Sharjah player Salem Sultan, youth player Al-Ahly Abdullah Al-Naqbi, and player Al-Wahda Khalil Ibrahim.
National team coach Ivan Jovanovic stressed during his press presentation last Sunday in his first official appearance through the media that he does not consider his choices for players of their ages, whether they are in the 20 or 30, but rather their readiness and giving on the field.
It is scheduled that the national team will gather tomorrow, Saturday, in Dubai, during the internal camp, which is the first for the national team since contracting with Jovanovic.
Four matches remained in the joint qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2022 Asian Cup, as on March 26 he will face Malaysia in the Emirates, and on the 31st of the same month, Indonesia in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and meet with Thailand on the fourth of June next in the Emirates, and with Vietnam in The ninth of the same month in the UAE as well.