Mukalla Talent Development Center Holds Seminar with Club Managements to Enhance Partnership
The FIFA Talent Development Scheme (TDS) center in Mukalla organized an extensive football seminar, with the participation of presidents and representatives of sports clubs in Mukalla, Hadhramaut Coast. The goal was to enhance partnership and expand cooperation in discovering and nurturing football talent. This followed the distinguished participation of the 2011-born team in the U-15 Talent World Cup festival in Azerbaijan, where they ranked 90th globally and ninth among Arab nations, with the participation of (14) players, five of whom were from the center.
The seminar was attended by FIFA's Talent Development Program coordinator, Captain Shafiq Salam; a member of the Yemeni Football Association, Abdulfattah Lutf; and the Vice President of the Association's Hadhramaut Coast branch, Captain Abdulmohsen Al-Kaldi. Also present were the center's supervisor Anwar Al-Rabaki, administrator Hazem Jouban, and the technical staff led by coach Sadr Al-Din bin Aboud Al-Sheikh, his assistant Ammar Al-Jaidi, and goalkeeping coach Adham Waheed.
In his speech, Captain Shafiq Salam called on club administrations to support the project and nominate their most prominent young talents to supply the center with outstanding players. He emphasized that talent development centers are a fundamental feeder for national teams and an important platform for preparing players and enabling them to represent the nation in regional and international forums.
The seminar concluded by emphasizing the enhancement of cooperation between the center's management and the sports clubs in Mukalla, and opening new avenues for partnership. This aims to contribute to the continued discovery of football talents, honing their skills, and building a promising base of players capable of supplying national teams in the future.
المصدر: Yemen Football Association
