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Abbas Farid
Born (1983-10-10) 10 October 1983 (age 40)
Newport, Wales
NationalityBritish
CitizenshipNewport, South Wales
OccupationFreestyle Footballer

Abbas Farid (born 10 October 1983) is a British freestyle footballer from Newport, South Wales.[1][2] Farid is of Pakistani descent.

In June 2003, Abbas was named the Freestyle KingonMTV in UK's Nike Freestyle competition, becoming the winner chosen from over 30,000 competitors. He subsequently featured in several music videos for bhangra/desi artists, such as in Jay Sean's music video of Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal). Abbas has done many performances at football stadiums such as Stamford Bridge, Stade de France, San Siro etc. He still[when?] performs at other Sporting/Corporate events and other media promotions around UK and throughout the World. In July 2008 Abbas set a new Guinness World Record of 88 Heel Juggles in 60 seconds.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ "The king of keepie-uppie". BBC. 27 June 2003. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  • ^ "Football's freestyler". BBC. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
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