Name: Abbas

Age: Farid

Height: 178 cm (5'10)

Weight: 65 kg (10st)

Abbas won the London Nike Freestyle Competition in 2001 and turned professional in 2003

In 2005 he was featured in the Nike Dream Team Promo - u can check out his appearance in our Iconic Commercial section of the website

He also appeared in the Adidas F50 commercial in 2005 

Abbas has been involved with MTV Freestyle

He has been featured on countless television shows both in the UK and in the Asian region, including shows in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.

Abbas was involved in a month long football freestyle road tour of Indonesia in 2006

He has performed all over the world including Saudi Arabia and Qatar

Abbas has also probably appeared in more music videos than any other freestyler - having been featured in music videos for artists like Jay Sean and Rishi Rich

Abbas was one of the main featured freestylers in the famous Nike Promotional Booklet "Goodbye Hoof, Hello Nutmeg!"

He was also nominated for a UK National Asian Sports award in 2004 as recognition for his outstanding freestyle ability

Abbas has met Teddy Sheringham, Ronaldo, Frank De Boer and Fernando Morientes at various promotional events in the UK and Qatar

Another proven veteran of the live football performances, Abbas has done half-time shows at Stamford Bridge, the San Siro in Italy as well as before an S-League match in Singapore

 

He practices a minimum of two hours/day - five days a week - but sometimes more!

The first trick Abbas learnt was an outside around the world

The most unusual trick Abbas performs is his rarely seen blind forward roll 

The most unusual place he has performed was as part of the entertainment at a professional boxing bout in a Plymouth boxing ring

 

"Those who expect to be masters in one month will quit. Those who have patience will achieve their Goal"

 

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