Crown “defeats” Abdel-Rahman Shabaru

Some think that Lebanese football has lost one of its former stars with the departure of international goalkeeper Abdel Rahman Shabarou at age 77 as a result of his contagion with the Coronavirus. However, others may think that Captain Abdul is “resting”. Both are allowed. Lebanese football has lost one of its legends, and the gigantic goalkeeper Shabarro has freed himself from the torment that accompanied him for years. Suffering, of which disease was a part, and poverty a major part.

A large part of Lebanese soccer fans may not have seen Shabarro play soccer, but the older generation can only remember him and what he did in Lebanese stadiums.
It is the discovery of the late Samir, the enemy in 1953. It is only natural that a goalkeeper from Tina and the talented Shabaru plays for the most prominent Lebanese teams. He played for Al-Ansar for four years (1958-1962), Najma eight years (1962-1970) and Racing. A professional abroad, he led the Egyptian Olympic team to win the league title in the 1966-1967 season. The Six Day War came in 1967 to end Shabaru’s career in Egyptian stadiums, for which he returned to Lebanon after terminating his contract with his Egyptian team. He continued in Lebanese stadiums until 1983. He is the goalkeeper of whom Brazilian legend Pelé said: “I have never seen a goalkeeper like him in my life.” That was after he played him in Beirut before the Lebanese war.
He had many opportunities for another professional experience; Most notably with the Italian club Inter in 1964, after he was seen with the Lebanese team at the Mediterranean Games held in Italy in 1963. At the time, his discoverer and his old friend, the “godfather”, Abu Ali , the enemy, could not bear the thought of losing the jewel of the Lebanese goalkeeper. He convinced him not to leave, so Shbaro remained in the star.
Once again the door was opened to professionalism. Not only playing abroad, but also participating in the 1970 World Cup with the Moroccan team, which offered him Moroccan citizenship. Here, the president of the historic Najma club, Omar Ghandour, stepped in and convinced Captain Abd not to leave. He missed a new opportunity. There is no doubt that the enemy “godfather” and President Ghandour did not contain the evil for Shabaru when they convinced him not to leave the star. I am proud that they have lost it, but there is no doubt that with the days they can regret it. If Chbaro had worked in Italy or Morocco, his life would have changed completely.
If Chbaru had had a career, he would not have suffered what he suffered in his last years of poverty and money. The suffering continued even after his departure, when his family was unable to take his body out of the hospital for burial due to the administration’s insistence on paying part of the costs of his treatment during the previous period, even though he was being cared for. by the Ministry of Health. However, the “ministerial teams” had to be pushed by his family and were unable to do so. The Lebanese Football Association did not return the sum and Captain Abd went to his final resting place, where he was buried in the cemetery of the martyrs.
The legendary Lebanese goalkeeper countered hundreds of balls and chances, avoided hundreds of goals, but was unable to cope with the rigors of time. Sparrow has quietly left. Many remembered it yesterday, after years of forgetting it. The same goes for the stars of the old golden generation who play soccer with love and passion for the game, and money was their last concern. They paid and will pay others for the time of the ingratitude of many who forgot or forgot them in the autumn of their life, so they became a lesson for future generations. Lesson titled: Soccer does not feed bread.

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