Abbas Farid is a British

United Kingdom

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 freestyle footballer

Freestyle Football

Freestyle football, also known as freestyle soccer in North America, is the art of expressing yourself with a football, while performing various tricks with any part of the body...

 from Newport

Newport

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, South Wales

South Wales

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. Farid is of Pakistani descent.

In June 2003, Abbas was named the Freestyle King on MTV

MTV

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 in UK's Nike

Nike, Inc.

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 Freestyle competition, becoming the winner chosen from over 30,000 competitors. He has since featured in several music videos for bhangra/desi

Desi

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 artists, such as in Jay Sean's music video of Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)

Dance with You (Nachna Tere Naal)

"Dance with You ", released on 8 September 2003, is the debut single by the Rishi Rich Project, consisting of Jay Sean, Juggy D and Rishi Rich. It was an Asian Underground song, which was Sean's debut single and was produced by Rich. The lyrics are in both English and Punjabi, with Sean singing the...

. From his success, Abbas has done many performances in recent years at football

Football (soccer)

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 stadiums such as Stamford Bridge

Stamford Bridge (stadium)

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, Stade de France

Stade de France

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, San Siro

San Siro

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 etc. He still performs at other Sporting/Corporate events and other media promotions around UK and throughout the World

World

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. In July 2008 Abbas set a new Guinness World Record of 88 Heel Juggles in 60 seconds.

External links

• Abbas Farid Official site