UAE's Theyab Awana (front) controling the vall during his team's friendly football match against Australia in Al-Ain in January 2011.
AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB
The goal which made him famous around the world. Awana's audacious back-heeled penalty against Lebanon in July became a YouTube hit with over 1.25 million hits.
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Awana was a skillful and creative midfielder, as pictured here last year, launching an attack against Kuwait in the Under 23 Gulf Cup in Qatar.
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The midfielder was a rising star for the UAE, as part of the "Golden Generation" of talent that won the 2009 U19 AFC Championship in Saudi Arabia before and a silver medal at the Asian Games in 2010.
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Awana played for his hometown club Baniyas, helping the unfancied side them to second place in Pro League last season.
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Awana, right, was a popular member of all the representative squads he played for as he poses with Abdullah Mousa, the Al Jazira left-back .
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Theyab Awana, left, as he goes past Venezuela's Francisco Flores, during their U-20 World Cup Round of 16 soccer match at the Mubarak Stadium, in the city of Suez, eastern Egypt in October 2009.
AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
UAE's Theyab Awana (front) controling the vall during his team's friendly football match against Australia in Al-Ain in January 2011.
AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB
The goal which made him famous around the world. Awana's audacious back-heeled penalty against Lebanon in July became a YouTube hit with over 1.25 million hits.
Anas Kanni / Al Ittihad
Awana was a skillful and creative midfielder, as pictured here last year, launching an attack against Kuwait in the Under 23 Gulf Cup in Qatar.
Courtesy of UAE Football Association
The midfielder was a rising star for the UAE, as part of the "Golden Generation" of talent that won the 2009 U19 AFC Championship in Saudi Arabia before and a silver medal at the Asian Games in 2010.
Marko Djurica / Reuters
Awana played for his hometown club Baniyas, helping the unfancied side them to second place in Pro League last season.
Pawan Singh / The National
Awana, right, was a popular member of all the representative squads he played for as he poses with Abdullah Mousa, the Al Jazira left-back .
Courtesy of Al Ittihad
Theyab Awana, left, as he goes past Venezuela's Francisco Flores, during their U-20 World Cup Round of 16 soccer match at the Mubarak Stadium, in the city of Suez, eastern Egypt in October 2009.
AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis
UAE's Theyab Awana (front) controling the vall during his team's friendly football match against Australia in Al-Ain in January 2011.
AFP PHOTO/KARIM SAHIB
