International star Casillas chooses Dubai to launch an international center for goalkeeper training

International goalkeeper Iker Casillas revealed his choice of Dubai as the headquarters for his first center outside Spain, specializing in goalkeeper training. To provide its services to goalkeepers and coaches in sports clubs and local and Gulf national teams, in addition to amateurs from 8 to 21 years old, in addition to targeting goalkeeper coaches. 

This came during a press conference held at the headquarters of the Dubai Sports Council in the Dubai Design District, during which the Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Saeed Hareb, and the international star Iker Casillas, goalkeeper and former captain of Spain, 2010 World Cup champion, European Nations champion 2008 and 2012 and European champion several times. With Real Madrid, and international star Michel Salgado, the star of Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, the race, in the presence of Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Assistant Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Hamad bin Mejren, Senior Vice President of Partner Relations at Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing, and a number of academies directors and junior goalkeepers Dubai clubs, and a group of local and international media professionals.

Hareb said: "The launch of the Iker Casillas goalkeeper training center in Dubai, the first for him outside Spain, confirms Dubai's position on the regional and international sports map, as it provides all means of success for projects and academies based in the emirate thanks to government legislation supporting the investment sector, In addition to the advanced sports facilities available in Dubai, as well as the place of sports in its very diverse society, which includes communities from more than 200 countries.”

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his part, Iker Casillas expressed his happiness to launch his own training center for coaches and goalkeepers in Dubai, and stressed that Dubai is the preferred destination for the most famous sports stars in the world, as most of his friends spend most days of the year in Dubai, praising the pioneering role that Dubai provides in The field of sports in general and football in particular, and that Dubai is the center of football in the region.

The former star of the Spanish national football team confirmed that Dubai is the best place to be the headquarters of the Iker Casillas Center for Goalkeeper Training, as its launch in Dubai came after an extensive and careful study of the chances of success offered by Dubai for such projects, based on its possession of modern sports facilities designed according to the best specifications. It also provides great facilities that encourage residency and investment, and brings together communities from most countries of the world who live in peace and harmony.

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