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World Service,5 mins

Refugee coach 'like Mourinho'

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Osama Abdul Mohsen was a football coach in Syria, having now fled because of the conflict in his home country, he coaches in Spain. He was tripped by the Hungarian reporter Petra László as he ran with his son near the Hungary-Serbia border in September, footage was beamed around the world. Miguel Angel Galan, President of Senafe, a school that trains football coaches, saw this footage and wanted to help. He says Osama "was a coach Syria's first division and it was a chance for us to recruit someone of real talent. We found him and brought him over to Spain". Mohsen has helped the team moved up the table, having been bottom when he arrived.

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