The Emirates goalkeeper and the former youth club, Abdul Qadir Hassan, revealed that he started his career with football in 1972, attacking Al-Zamalek club (Al Wasl now), before he later turned to play in the youth club in 74, because of changing his family's residence to Al Mamzar In Dubai, indicating that he found great pleasure in playing as a goalkeeper, pointing out that he was counting on facing all the attackers, especially Adnan Taliani, who described him as legend, as well as Fahd Khamis, Khaled Ismail and Abdel Aziz Mohammed, Saif Sultan, Zuhair Bakhit and the late Fahd Al Nowais, considering that the current generation No less talent than the age of 90, considering that he is present for periods Long at home due to the Corona pandemic, he brought him closer to his children, as he made sure to review their lessons with them, after the distance education system was implemented.
And about his favorite meals during Ramadan, he stressed that he always prefers popular dishes such as mash and porridge alongside soup.
Abdul-Qadir Hassan told «Emirates Today», in response to a question about the rituals that he always practices in Ramadan: “Ramadan is a spiritual month in which the recitation of the Holy Qur’an abounds, and an opportunity for the family’s family, but in Ramadan this year we miss the Ramadan courses that created a wonderful and distinct atmosphere, and I was I always make sure in Ramadan to visit family, colleagues and friends, but under the current circumstances due to the Corona pandemic, I communicate with them on the phone and (WhatsApp) ».
Abdel-Kader Hassan revealed that the coach, Ali Hassan, the former Al-Shabab club, was the one who advised him to switch from a striker to a goalkeeper, as he had great abilities in jumping and acrobatic movements, as he was practicing the sport of high jump and triple jump, alongside basketball, hand and plane, and games Powers, what earned him high jumping skills.
He added: «I also played in the beginning of the seventies a goalkeeper goalkeeper for handball, and all these experiences in the practice of various sports, I refined my guard for the goal, and that school sport had a very big role in our emergence as players at that time, although we were playing football On earth soil, there was no grass or tartan in the stadiums. ”
On a historical match stuck in his memory that he will never forget, he explained: “The Emirates team’s match with Iraq in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, which was held in the city of Taif in Saudi Arabia, and our team won two goals for a goal, and despite the victory, the Iraqi goal denied us qualification for the 86th World Cup in Mexico, but we Four years later we made up for the World Cup 90 qualification.
"I was preparing to face the Italian, and the present generation is no less talented than the 90th generation."