Adnan Al Talyani
Adnan Al Talyani was born in Sharjah, Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates on October 30th, 1964 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 59, Adnan Al Talyani biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Talyani started playing football in the 1970s in the streets Sharjah. He joined Al Shaab Club in 1979, and played out his entire club career there until 1999. Although he received many lucrative offers from other clubs, strict restrictions at the time prohibited Talyani from transferring.
Upon the selection of Heshmat Mohajerani (the former trainer of the Iran national team) as the trainer of the UAE national team, Talyani was selected as a member of the team. He retired from international football in 1997 as the all-time leader in international appearances, with 161 and 56 goals. As of March 2016, he was tenth on the all-time list for men.
The UAE national team’s qualification for the 1990 World Cup was and remains the most important achievement in the history of Emirati football, and Al Talyani played a major role in this qualification. The UAE did not qualify easily, after facing several obstacles on its way, the most important of which was in the first round, during the confrontation with the Kuwait national team. The UAE entered the 3rd match of the first stage in the qualification against the Kuwait national team and it's required to win to compensate for its 3-2 loss in the first round and to disrupt the top competitor at the time. Al Talyani scored the victory goal to win 1-0 vs Kuwait and the national team took the lead in the group. Then Al Talyani led the UAE 4-1 victory over Pakistan, to ensure his country qualified for the second stage. The second and final stage included 6 teams participating in a one-round tournament that qualified the first and second for the finals, which is what the UAE and South Korean did. The UAE only achieved a lonely victory in the decisive stage, with a score of 2-1 over China, scored by Al Talyani in the 88th minute, to turn the match from 1-0 down to win 2-1. Al Talyani's second goal in the final stage gave the UAE a 1-1 draw with South Korea, in the last round, so that the UAE won the sixth point and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in the country's history. Al Talyani participated in all of the UAE World Cup matches against Colombia, Germany, and Yugoslavia.
Six years after their historic World Cup 90 debut, the UAE was preparing for another once-in-a-lifetime tournament. The UAE was to host the AFC Asian Cup for the first time in its history, and the hopes of a country stood on the shoulders of a team that featured “Generation 90” veterans such as Al Talyani and goalkeeper Muhsen Musabbeh, as well as youngsters such as Munther Ali. At the age of 32, Al Talyani scored two vital goals: one at Kuwait, which ended 3-2 for the UAE and the goal remains one of the most unforgettable goals in UAE history, and another in Indonesia, which ended in a 2-0 win for the UAE.
The Final Match at Asian cup 1996, they faced Saudi Arabia in front of 60,000 fans at Zayed Sports City. The Saudis had previously won the trophy twice, but had lost the previous edition's final to Japan in 1992. As the game entered extra time with a goalless tie, Al Talyani was withdrawn because his legs couldn't handle another 120 minutes of action after playing the full 90 minutes in the semi-final against Kuwait. The teams had to be divided by penalty shoot-outs, and the Emiratis lost in the end.