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Update on the Egyptians in Japan

Date: 2-1-2009
Wrote: EP's editor Islam Issa

EXCLUSIVE: The Egyptian duo in Japan - Osama and Ali Elsamni - are the sons of a former Egyptian Premier League player. Ibrahim Elsamni contacted EgyptianPlayers.com to update the visitors about his sons. The players were exclusively revealed by EgyptianPlayers.com in the last weeks, as another exclusive find of Egyptian talent abroad.

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Osama El Samni


Osama El Samni

Ibrahim Elsamni wrote: "I would like to thank you [EgyptianPlayers.com] very much for caring about Osama & Ali."

"I came to Japan by 1976 through my father who was teaching Arabic in Tokyo university for about 25 years. In 1985 I got married to a Japanese girl and I have three kids." The two boys are Osama and Ali, who are both contracted with Japanese giants Tokyo Verdy.

Ibrahim Elsamni played for the Railway Club (El-Sekkah El-Hadeed), and was a successful player at a local and national level.


Osama El Samni

Osama Elsamni, whom EgyptianPlayers.com revealed as the shining Egyptian talent in Japan, has not played regularly since joining the first team squad. His father explained that Osama is developing well, but that a number of factors are denying him a regular spot at this moment. "Osama is not pure Japanese because his father is foreigner, which makes him meet a lot of discrimination in Japan," hinting that he would love Egyptian national team selection.


Osama El Samni


Ibrahim Elsamni added: "The Japanese culture care about the age very much and the priority should be for the elder, not the younger, so most of the Japanese coaches follow the culture. And the present coach of Verdy Tokyo is very new and it is his first time as coach , so he doesn't have the courage to use the youngsters just yet."


Osama El Samni


Osama is looking for a new club, adds his father, in Europe, as well as Egypt.

"I talked with Al-Ahly in Egypt, and when Al-Ahly were in Japan Osama went with his agent and met Mr. Adly Al-Qiiy and captain Alaa Maihoob."


Ali El Samni

As far as the older brother is concerned, Ali, 22, is still contracted with Tokyo Verdy. "After he graduated from high school he decided to go to university to study also play football, so Verdy Tokyo introduced him to a good university which have a good football team, under the condition that after he graduates he should go back again to Verdy Tokyo," said the father, in a sign that the club know his abilities as they did not let go of him despite his will to study.


Ali El Samni

Updates on all Egyptians abroad will be right here on EP, as well as more exclusives coming very soon...