all right check it out everybody
today we are at Karachi United officially my favorite Pakistani football team we are joined
by our friend Sabine you guys know from Kieran foundation and hopefully we can meet some of
the youngsters uh who are training for correct United because there's an incredible story here
uh about some of these youngsters who are going to school the Kiran foundation and playing for
Karachi United a message of hope and love and kindness and I think you'll enjoy this video
so let's uh take a quick peek at correct United and see if we can meet some youngsters very good
yep
hey pretty cool the logo is the three swords Monument Unity faith and discipline
oh oh check it out ultimate selfie everybody say Pakistan one three Pakistan
oh yo you guys this is so cute all the under 12s
down the line are introducing themselves and saying their favorite player oh so nice
Canada's national team oh nice one Steve I don't think she knows one soccer player your
favorite player Neymar all right so clearly it's a full age program here break down from the very
youngsters to the 12 14 and then the uh over 16 year old players and evidently there's actually
a girls program uh way over there so pretty nice grounds overall with the painted bleachers and
a bunch of different football pitches but one of the main reasons we wanted to bring it here today
was because Sabine has some amazing athletes that we'd love to tell this story okay so um
tell me about your football journey in liari and in Kiran Foundation yeah hello my name is nin I am
a 15 year old uh I'm a professional footballer I was a student I was a street footballer in Larry
due to financial issues I left to I left to I left to school I'll go six here there
I go to I I become a good footballer and and went to Qatar where we won against wow current
foundation and can you thought about my education with eight months I passed a test of the school
inshallah one day will be a my day inshallah thank you thank you Kiran
foundation and international and thank you so much Mom Sabina and Mom Sabine
so well
good job very amazing so to be clear the story is he was out of school when he was nine years old
right and was training with Karachi United they found him playing in the street of leary and he is
a natural athlete if you watch him he's very good athlete he's very coordinated and very explosive
right and so Karachi United actually found out that he was not in school and they called you guys
here in foundation and said this kiddo needs to be in school good footballer but also important to be
in school which makes Karachi United my favorite team in Pakistan what a nice story to uh realize
one of your you know pre-teen athletes is not in school and getting back in school and he's a total
Superstar dude spoke well and same story goes for duraman yes and Abdul Kareem who just left
fantastic over here yeah they have brought back to school amazing yeah and we provided them holistic
training it's not just education we were enriching them with social skills in many other softness and
maybe English skills yeah because he spoke very well it was very sharp oh that was so good okay
let's keep watching and practice because uh the sky is the limit for these youngsters
tell you what guys what a difference a few years makes
here's the youngsters I think he's just running in circles almost and then just over here you've
got a few years older but very organized and very good so this is what you gotta train
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catch bro
oh good work bro good work bro goalkeeper and sahiba Defender they both play for
crashing ignited and they represent the dimension of Pakistan national team
where they were Runners up in Saudi Arabia in the four
Nation tournament wow International athlete yes very good it never does
tell me about your journey your life in football and in liari my name is 14 years old
I I still I live in Larry and one day selecting collecting me Karachi United
and we are going to Qatar we are going to Qatar and Win Win by
to join join this we are not education we are not
in school in school education is supporting me and support me
I I I am education this is a eighth class and a initial one day will be a married inshallah and
um
they have lots of things to offer absolutely right full of potential I want a struggle inshallah
one day play the other countries information never give our brother good job you can do it
I tell you what all the guys keep mentioning that they went to Qatar and they beat a Turkish Club I
guess these kids beat a Turkish club which is pretty us yeah that club is pretty pretty well
known in turkey and some small town Pakistan uh often not even in school local Grassroots
kids beat turkey in Qatar screaming and it will come true absolutely right
so you're the coach of Karachi United fantastic do you know how many teams there are in Pakistan
is there a big soccer yeah absolutely so we're ranked um 19 in the world in a number of teams but
don't ask me what we ranked in terms of the actual playing side of it uh we have about three to four
thousand registered clubs and we must be having you know tens of thousands of unregistered clubs
probably about 450 500 clubs wow so the popularity of the sport is huge but in terms
it hasn't channeled into actual success because the major problem is post 12 13. not boys because
I may have you an example was part of this trip we took our Academy team together right now right
and a lot of the boys you must have met here and they actually beat Aspire which is Asian Champions
and they have like facilities to you know ride up their the best of the best but up to that age it's
competitive but when they come back they don't have that infrastructure they don't have that
ecosystem they don't have the you know nutrition uh competition all of that to grow and go to that
level where they can take that leap so you know we've already lost in the 60s we were like a
pretty good football team welcome way back 1960s and they lost about 30 40 years we've sort of not
only uh stayed static but almost regressed so as a result of that and you know we've got a lot of
catching up to do because as you know football and generally sport has moved on Sports sciences and
nutrition and diet have become so much very important a lot of these boys and even the
women's team a lot of them coming from economic backgrounds they don't have access to those kind
of facilities even whatever we provide is you know we're trying to do our best but there's
a lot more that can be done well thanks for your time coach thank you guys lovely to have
you and as I said I offer stands anytime you can visit if you guys like and if you want to get out
we're happy to you know host that as well thank you very much what's your name again my name is
all right the Sun is going down here and Karachi United bye bye my friends good job you speak well
interview good yes thanks very good very good so I tell you what lots of kids here from the
Karen foundation and even more from liari the neighborhood so lots of local kids from Karachi
and they're living their best life trying to become a footballer uh Barcelona oh yeah
okay okay okay yeah look for my friend on PSG one day all right later everybody say bye yeah
my name is
jet lag Warriors
yes yes when you come to a different country and you're tired
all the players
okay