On June 9th, 1990, at 5:00pm (Italy time), United Arab Emirates (UAE) made history by playing their first World Cup match against Columbia under Brazilian manager Carlos Alberto Gomes Parreira in front of a crowd of approximately thirty thousand at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara in Bologna. The same year…

Year and year again, we see the Gulf region draw blanks in terms of its ability to offload that one player.That one rep that would symbolize the region in the highly esteemed leagues in Europe. On the other hand, their compatriots in the East of the Arabian Gulf have…