AMMAN
— Captain of the
Jordan Falcons, Zaid Abbas, announced he would be leaving the
team after nearly 16 years on Friday.
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"There
isn’t a better opportunity to announce the end of my international career with
the
national team," Abbas said.
The
basketball player will go down in Jordanian sports for his achievements, the
latest of which was winning the 10th edition of the King Abdullah II
Basketball Cup.
Abbas,
37, started his career at Jabal Al-Nar, with the Ebal Nablus club. He would
later go on to join the Arena Club in 2002, before winning the FIBA Asian Champions
Club title in 2006. He then moved on to play with the Applied Sciences
University in 2008, before leaving in 2009 to pursue a new professional career
in the Chinese Super League with the Shanghai Sharks.
Speaking
to
Jordan News, Abbas said: "I think the future of Jordanian basketball is
fine, if the young talent we have is maintained and developed.”
Abbas
said he looks forward to breaking into the coaching world in the future.
"I have a lot of ideas and I have a lot of options, but I haven't made a
decision I'm going to play in the Premier League for now, and when I retire, I
will have decided my future."
The
Al-Ahli Club star praised Jordan's many outstanding local coaches, saying:
"We have local coaches on a high level, and Wissam Al-Sous has proven his
worth in managing the national team's matches in the King's Cup.”
He
added that his younger brother, Hashem, will continue the Abbas family legacy
with the national team in the coming years. "Hashim Abbas is going to
study his masters at the University of Florida, and then will return to join
the national team.”
Abbas
also stressed the importance of athletes marketing themselves in foreign
leagues. "Every player needs a successful agent who markets them in the
right way externally and negotiates (well)," referring his professional
experience in China.
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