Preliminary list announced for the Pakistan friendly

Feb 03, 2013 - 11:46:42 | Shimaz Ali
Maldivian players celebrating a goal against Nepal in Nehru Cup last year.

Male’, MALDIVES – Preliminary squad of the Maldives national team for the upcoming friendly game against Pakistan has been announced today by the Football Association of Maldives (FAM). The squad includes 7 officials and 27 players.

Maldives have got an automatic qualification spot for AFC Challenge Cup 2014 as the hosts and FAM is trying to arrange friendly matches to build up the team for the tournament.

Maldives will play their first friendly on 12th of this month and the second match is scheduled for 14th of this month.

Meanwhile, Pakistan is also preparing for their qualification matches of the AFC Challenge Cup. They have scheduled two friendly matches with Nepal on 6th and 9th February 2012 as well.

The preliminary squad for the match against Pakistan includes;

Ibrahim Fazeel BG
Ashadh Ali BG
Faruhadh Ismail BG
Ahmed Zaadh BG
Ahmed Imaaz EAG
Mohamed Imran MAZ
Shafiu Ahmed MAZ
Mohamed Arif MAZ
Hassan Adhuham MAZ
Amdan Ali MAZ
Ahmed Nashid MAZ
Ahmed Rasheed MAZ
Easa Ismail MAZ
Asadhulla Abdulla MAZ
Imran Mohamed NEW
Mohamed Sifan NEW
Mohamed Umair NEW
Moosa Yamin NEW
Ahmed Abdulla NEW
Ali Ashfaq NEW
Rilwan Waheed NEW
Ahmed Thoriq NEW
Faisal Mohamed VAL
Akram Abdul Ghanee VAL
Mohamed Rasheed VAL
Assad Abdul Ghanee VAL
Fairooz Adam Sameer VB

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imma on Feb 04
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ibrahim shiyam is the best midfielder in maldives apart from bakaa. its sad to see his national career ruined by dicipline problems.
watisthis on Feb 04
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havent Assad Abdul Ghanee retired from national team?
gelatino on Feb 04
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good question mate. It is the same with this football career as well. He will always say this is the last season and will be playing in the next season as well. Also the facebook page of Valencia, ( I guess the writer of the page is obsessed with Assad) has congratulated Assad on making back to the national team, whilst in reality it is only a preliminary list and most probably Assad would not make the team. Such is the obsession with Assad by the facebook page owner.
Kingkong on Feb 04
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Shocker..Ali Fasir (sentey) not selected..has the new director gone out of his mind?
potpourri on Feb 04
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Can someone please advise Valencia to stop labelling Assad as the Gold Captain or we would have to start calling all the players in that team as Gold something... like Gold goal keeper, Gold defender, Gold right back, Gold left back, Gold defending midfielder, Gold vice captain, Gold striker, Gold Kit Manager, Gold Goal scorer, Gold supporter, etc.... This is getting ridiculous even if the management worships Assad!!!
heevanee on Feb 04
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NRSC niya played very good, i think he should get a chance, eventhough he is a player can play in any possition,,sad to see this kind of selection
Breads on Feb 04
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Oppo and assad shouldnt be on the list. They should omit from pre list even. We respect you guys but you guys are not in national level now.
Imma on Feb 04
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Oppo and Tom can still be very useful players. I don't think they have the stamina to last 90 minutes any more, but during matches when we need a goal or two, they can come off the bench and make an impact. An example is the match against Seychelles when we were losing 1-0, when Oppo came on and scored 2 goals to hand us a win. But I am very surprised about the inclusion of Assad; I thought he made it very clear that he retired to "give a chance for younger players".

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