Tried their song and celebration wherever he goes beyond them run. Every one of the other 5 up with us silly man sharif story is one of a spectacular career that began in a small town in eastern many. Thanks. I. Over 7200 kilometers from noise plant in borgen theyve german state of methane both for home and mines candia guinea in west africa the home of silly man sharif the. While its obvious that i was this big. And he was this big sucker for we always met his children to play football cherie from one side and 10 of us on the other one against 10 but he used to take it past all of us in school i remember it well. The market didnt know on the part marketing. Department seriously a month a lot here in ny brandenburg is where everything began but he says if i never got this chance i would never have become african footballer of the years and good i will miss. This is where i started playing at a high level when the busking unless it is. The one you will Live Performance dice they must do now this is the team from the 19631964 season self on top of the awesome song that out of laos busy. I saw. My not inch 50 awards. So there one sheriff i know youre going through that. France thought. Banks if we now talk with the folks. Down the hill one or 2 ways im here to scan. I mean there was a little limb on a false yankee yesterday thats the team. Unforgotten up to this very day his teammates from noise plan and book. I i. Hear this week german democratic republic consul general sikri camphor along with a representative of the ministry of information of the republic of guinea to rector aqim opened an exhibition under the title 15 years of the g. D. R. I can praise the exhibition as proof of the successes of our socialist economy and its a welcome contribution to the increased cooperation between the g. D. R. And guinea. Jury found his way to noise behind a book in the winter of 1962 as a guest within the framework of the g. D. R. Socialist Development Aid program he spoke no russian or german. But loaded up with people asked me do you have a heart. I said yes. And i want about your head still with us and i said here this is my head. So that they did to develop the. Serif work to noise brandenburg state run building sector where he was able to gain experience to help with his own countrys construction. The black sea we lived in block c. The athletes and he lived with his colleagues in block d. So we were all on the same premises we shared a canteen together at meal times got out and i now and then there was a hall which we used to train in the evenings and the whole he was there doing some stuff for the ball with his hands and feet he was very talented. On how you could see straight away that he was a footballer yet i think he had only by the sound of the hotline with thousands by this super team in shorts a brilliant guy with. Everyone just felt like he was our pele is it on the hand hes in partners or to a likeable guy with a great character better than some germans this man should do. That you. Dont think. Keeping in touch with his family wasnt easy a letter from now upon a book took weeks to arrive and getting. In the Republic Fund is my experience the best of conditions in the german democratic republic. So women should why suman sharif has decided to get his qualifications in our republican republic so what if you see then and how his expectations were more than fulfilled in noir brandenburg then forced in and follow and that. Across from not so into the parts down penalty box in the 17th minute was converted by a pack hailed from shareef to make it to nail a great goal. To be effective more. People were curious they wanted to know why i came to the g. D. R. What children used to charge me up on the trip to find out whether there was colon my skin that got the stuff later on people annoyed brandenberg got used to me or not they dont come pretty specially once i started playing football. Nothing put it up until. What. Was that i thought. When i was. Lucky oh by. The grammar class in a school in candia. In guinea 3 quarters of the population are illiterate. Sharif came to the school at the start of the 1950 s. Credit it took and he spent every minute of his free time kicking a ball around. 7 30 am today gandhi said last night now the girl is this on the pitch was my 1st sports ground. Its very different to the big. I played in years ago the subs that is used to fall down and graze ourselves and get dirty. Money used to go mad. But thats football sort of. This is where he learned the offer that. The basis for his education leading up to his journey to noise behind him boy. After 65 years sharif meets his former teacher once again. For the. 3rd. Quarter rather but rather more to this that there is this is that is. This is right out of the list for this. That the round up. And the 91 years old. The fantastic that was wonderful he couldnt skate view old news we werent very good either but he was even worse the most we had to do Cross Country and it was a catastrophe of this love for him this is of course something new and obviously he got so nervous now up close and personal a few times. But im here for you to bridger for i fell over and over and over again for a long time up until a minute he was there my coach took me by the hand place and said lets try together you know its not that theyre lying to us. In no way but im employed sharif became a part of the team but in the league he remained an outsider. Sharing slightly found an opponent and was immediately dismissed by the referee for misconduct. So a little lucky or whatever some spectators made comments like that especially when we played away from home. Or here have a banana. Shareef was targeted once again and this time it frustrated him usually fan recessed the striker got some more carried away and had to leave the pitch after a scuffle in the 43rd minutes. But sherrys concentrated on his game he and his teammates had a name and promotion into the top flight of east germany for. Me. I am. Not god but god. Knows what hes a jolly good fellow for hes a jolly good fellow. Of the. Sun and the most fantastic moments of. The view it was as if the noise from the book people adopted me at that moment the. Promotion of the novel and then people were ecstatic that the biggest. Is if ever among. Us can name one temple in the division of. The brilliance achievements of our Football Club s c noise random books and their promotion into the open ego was celebrated yesterday. An official reception held by the local leadership of the socialist unity Party Representatives of the Free Federation of german trade unions and the council of the district of noisy brandenburg. Were. For his 12 goals sharif was awarded an honorary title. When the guards. It was written in the regulations of east german for all the foreigners were forbidden to play in the open league. Just that. Awful. Slow and slow on the today show of course it was regrettable that foreign sea mates were forbidden from playing in the open legal short. League and unfortunately that was the end of sharifs time with us. Just cup it in the end and im sure they did sit in the. After 2 years annoyed plan and book sharif left the g. D. R. You know when we discuss it among ourselves now we agree that we would never have been relegated if wed had sharif. So it was for instance i was in common so you dont mind cause how to finish to get my mom and sophie to talk. To me for by you know what im going to spy how it. Should be returned to guinea to the capital conakry. 2 and a half 1000000 inhabitants the official language french. Football is the most popular sport here its played everywhere on the streets on the sand by the water and put the ball gets rolling sharif always shares his expertise. A lot out there to be followed by a lot of what i. Heard will do what they want all the. While right. After returning from noisy phantom borg sharif played for the guinea a National Team and facing off against sides like senegal book enough aso and mali over a period of 12 years. In 1968 even played at the olympics. Doesnt push it off one of them walking through the Olympic Village ladies and gentlemen one occasionally finds a true surprise as we were standing in the entrance to the Team Building when this young gentleman approached us and in a perfect german asked to speak to the german doctor we got talking and what did we discover mr shareef ill get to the pool. And many of you will know him as he played football in our german democratic republic for noid brandenburg when was that mr shareef on board one vote us actually that was from 1962 to 64 months in the field and sixtys zeevi where there is a student wanted to study i studied building and construction but as a person enjoy. Yeah it was a great time. In mexico guinea were eliminated in the preliminary round. Of that demo. But sharif successful sporting Journey Continues at the altar national stadium. Here in 1987 was the highlight the african cup of champions final between half ia f. C. And across hearts of oak from ghana. I think. About this fantastic i still remember. It was full as well for. 4 people arrived here at 4 in the morning all through from. From 4 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon this into they were here from 4 am until 5 pm. Oh more than 30000. 00 fans attended. The 4th to december i just think i should be for the number 5. Point 00. 00000 his longball initiated the play which led. To the winning goal and because i dont think the founder was talking about out by now has done to them but i read that the final 5 from the 5th jury for half a year f. C. Dallas was the. Isle of wight and everyone was happy it was a giant party and fest. Serif won the african cup of champions 3 times in total. To still sorry for most i knew that hed have a career in football once we all knew it its who he was that good and him pick football and international player. That also confirms to us that we werent that bad either. Of those only to shift oh nonsense my empty seat in 1972 he was even crowned africas best football the 1st 56 us. Yes he strengthened us 3 almost out of the top once he was gone we missed him of course some of those are. Getting in football today more and more agents scour the country looking for talent. And enthusiastic fans are never hard to find. A new Football Academy 60 kids hoping for a career in europe a career like sharifs and a lot. Then he was african footballer of the year hes our icon not pretty any not marathoner but still a man shareef. I. Sharif is one of the most famous people in the country. I think everyone knows him as long dog african footballer of the year that i know hes the only guinea and to have ever won the title. And i wasnt good over that. You look at her. And yet you know what. I say guinea is my fatherland you know its my fatherland and germany is my motherland. But the girl the horns are part of sharif was 25 years old when he met his future wife in the city of boki the solicitor for to deny these are the photos from our wedding. So me and solomon a little so tender some sequel will. And it was very. Near la bianca so this was in germany you know brandenburg. Simple for so many. Customers and for this is it it took the needs of our children. I seem also. To for. Some tongue. All of us time to for. Hes always away somewhere so he doesnt have much time 1st children so a lot football is life 1st he had a career as a player and then as a technical director at the football association. Technically belong to. Come. From here. Then. What most of us. When sharif returned from east germany he was happy to replace the bread rolls meatballs and hearty german breakfasts with home cooked meals he loved. Typical guinea and staples such as fish planting local band. And i. Looked. And finally he scored. But wasnt that the penalty that he hammered into the corner. Of one of the hand you touched. On how. Good you know. How to open your hello pad i hear you see us here before and were delighted that were able to greet you really and we want you to know that we remember you. Please that we can send you a message and here it is. Now so weve got some papers here for years and weve also got a gift which is special for us as well all of our players have got one arm which invited in grateful that we got to. Play with you and we wish you all the best its what i did school to religion. I didnt. See. Duncan oh thank you for annoyed brandon books share is. Going into. Today so were all still proud that we got to play with you in our team in oh is it a must have to give this them survive this especially how well you integrate it into our team was exemplary. In all of that tim. For a big list but. I left it. Saying it up important. That my view dont. Always. Tell the debate no i brought a book was an important stage in my life where part in a casual it was the beginning of my career not because a little. But long do it without this experience i would have not been able to become ballon dor african footballer of the year no major messi thank you cause thank you no prime numbers on me but im no more generous your father here today everyone respects me. Oh sure of the things you achieve the things that really count your money just like a nice brandenburg a send me of a Company Potluck you they help me aloft and threw me into the air for some members on welfare its on the level of physical health was incredible im not so sure much to see. Because to see them for they are there. In. The squad this case its sick. To understand the world better we need to take a closer look at. 6 periods knowledge to move today. On the w. Story so that people of the world over information provide the plans they want to express d. W. 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