Abbas Farid (born 10 October 1983) is a British freestyle footballer from

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. Farid is of Pakistani descent. In June 2003, Abbas was named the Freestyle King on

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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

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stadiums such as

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, San Siro etc. He still performs at other Sporting/Corporate events and other media promotions around UK and throughout the World. In July 2008 Abbas set a new

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of 88 Heel Juggles in 60 seconds.

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Abbas Farid
Official site Freestyle footballers Welsh men's footballers Welsh people of Pakistani descent Footballers from Newport, Wales 1983 births Living people British sportspeople of Pakistani descent Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Wales-footy-bio-stub

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