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Mohammad Akbar Bin Abdul Nawas (Born November 28, 1975) is presently the Head Coach of Global Cebu Football Club, one of the strongest Football Clubs in the Philippines during the first year inaugural launch of the Philippine Football League for 2017.

He was the former Head Coach of Tampines Rovers in year 2016 and led the team in the runners up position in the League amassing with 52 goals in total of which 30 goals in 12 games were scored in the second half of the season when Akbar Nawas took over. He also brought Tampines to the Singapore Cup Final and emerged as runner ups and was a semi =finalist in the league Cup where he introduced the reserve team players as most of the players from the first team were away with the National Team. They lost to eventual winners Albirex in the League Cup Semis. He first joined as the Assistant Coach for the First team of Tampines Rovers under the then Current National Coach V. Sundramoorthy. Coach Akbar Nawas’s expertise is the attacking approach in football, this helped Tampines Rovers team to dominate possession in almost every game during his term as Head Coach and reduced the gap of 7 points to only 1 point guiding the team from fourth place to second place in the Singapore League. Currently, he is the only South East Asian Head Coach to ply his trade outside of his own country. Known for his panache to play fast attacking football, he is rapidly growing to be one of the brightest young coaches that Singapore has ever produced.

Coach Nawas managed the Youth Development for Football Association of Singapore under the guidance of the Technical Director. He helped implement the National Syllabus and to manage Coaches from the Junior COE, the COE Clubs and the National Age Group (National Football Association Coaches).

Playing Highlights
Coach Akbar Nawas captained the Professional Club side Trywhitt Under 19 to 3rd Place. He also played for the Singapore Under 19 and Professional Club side Trywhitt Senior team. As a football player, Coach Nawas was called up to play for the Singapore Pre – Olympic team and the national team for Under 23’s and U19’s.

From year 1998 to year 1999, Coach Akbar Nawas played for the Marine Castle United in the Professional Singapore Football League. He was then called up for training with the National “A” team for the Dunhill Cup after his stint with Marine Castle United. In year 1999, he had an ACL operation and stopped playing competitive football. He joined the compulsory military service in year 1996 and played football in the Police Force Home team. In year 1995, Coach Akbar Nawas started to play professionally in the Singapore Football Professional teams and he was called up for the Singapore Pre-Olympic and Jakarta Squad team respectively.

As a child, football has become the life of Coach Akbar Nawas. At the age of 10, he played in the Junior and Senior Level of the Macpherson Primary School from years 1985 to 1987. And from years 1988 to year 1992, Coach Akbar Nawas played in the “C” and “B” Divisions for Macpherson Secondary School.

Coach Akbar Nawas has an Advanced Diploma in Business Administration from University of Wales and has finished his Degree in Business Administration & Marketing from the same University.

Football Coaching Career Highlights
Coach Akbar Nawas was selected and went for the ASEAN regional Instructor’s Course. He also assisted the Instructor for the FIFA Grassroots Course/AFC Conditioning Course and AFC “C” License Course. He was also the Assistant Instructor in the Asian Football Club “C” License in March 2014. Coach Akbar Nawas also   attended the International Olympic Course (IOC) by FIFA. He also spent time and had Coaching immersion trainings in Europe with Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands), FC Metz (France) and in Atletico Madrid where he met with the Clubs’ officials and youth coaches, and where he learned the best practices, organizational structure, and the European Football training methodologies.

Coaching and Management Carrer
Presently, Coach Akbar Nawas is the Head Coach of one of the top football clubs in the Philippines, Global Cebu Football Club starting in mid-June 2017. After the launch of the Philippine Football League  last April, Coach Nawas became the Technical Training Consultant and later on was offered the post of a Head Coach, the first Singaporean Coach to handle a football team from the Philippines. As of this writing, Global Cebu Football Club made history as the first Philippine Football Club to reach the Finals for the Singapore League, double firsts in the history of football in both countries. Last year, 2016, Coach Nawas was the Head Coach of Tampines Rovers Football Club’s Senior team. Before taking this highest post in the east side football club in Singapore, he was the Assistant Coach for Tampines Rovers Senior team in the Singapore League in year 2015 and the Head Coach for the U21 Reserve team who emerged as Champions in the Reserve League. In year 2014, Coach Nawas was the Assistant Coach to the Technical Director and Coach in the National U21 and at the same time, the Youth Development Manager for the Football Association of Singapore from years 2011 to 2014. While doing his share of work in the FAS (Football Association of Singapore), Coach Nawas assisted Head Coach Fandi Ahmad in training and as a Match Analyst for the Lions XII in Pre- Season (predominantly a U23 team with 10 senior players, playing in the Malaysian Super Professional League) in year 2013. And the year before, in 2012, he was the Head Coach for the National U14 team for an Invitational Tournament in Japan from April to June 2012.

As the Youth Development Manager or the Football Association of Singapore, Coach Nawas was responsible in the implementation of the National Syllabus to mentor for the Junior Centre of Excellence Coaches Club (where he handled 40 part time coaches, with the age group from U6 to U12) and the Centre for Excellence Coaches (2 full time coaches, age group for U14, U16, and U18) and the National Coaches (6 full time Coaches from U13 to U18) under the guidance of the Technical Director. During his tenure in this position, Coach Nawas helped in the identification and development of players using a structured Skills Training Programme. He assisted in decision making for players’ placements and movements between teams under the guidance of the Technical Director. His team was tasked to bring in experts to assist in over-all player development. Coach Nawas and his team in the Youth Development Programme of FAS (Football Association of Singapore) oversaw the training sessions for the National Football Academy Coaches in accordance with the National Football Syllabus. Part of his role was to administer monthly coaching sessions all day for the JCOE/COE/NFA Coaches. Coach Nawas also assisted in the Asian Football Cup (AFC) Licensed Courses for coaches. He designed and assisted in the Parent Education Programme to educate parents of players about playing opportunities beyond the JCOE/COE/NFA.

Coach Akbar Nawas’s Coaching career started in year 2000 to 2002, when he coached various Football Academies in Singapore and in Primary Schools coaching children from age 8 to 12 years old. From year 2002 to 2004, he became the Assistant Coach for Paladin Football Club for players aged 18 to 28 years. From year 2004 to 2005, he became the Assistant Coach for the Assumption English School and Paladin Football Club for age group from 16 to 28 years old. In the year 2005 to 2016, he attained his Preliminary Coaching Certificate from the Football Association of Singapore and coached the Future Football Stars Academy for children aged 8 to 14. In year 2006 to 2007, Coach Nawas attained his Asian Football Federation “C” License Coaching Certificate. He was the Head Coach for the Ngee Ann Polytechnic School Team for players aged 17 to 27 years old. He also taught the Module for Sports and Wellness Program for students in the Ngee Ann Polytechnic where he taught the Basics of Soccer as Sports daily for a duration of one year. In year 2007 to 2008 he coached two school teams Shuqun Secondary School for both CCA and School Team and the Sembawang Secondary School for “C” (U14) and “B” (U17) divisions respectively. In years 2008 to 2009, Coach Nawas was drafted to the Football Association of Singapore as Centre of Excellence Coach for the U16 team. He built rapport with various schools in Singapore and scouted for different training grounds. He was involved in the SEP Lion’s Programme for Primary School students together with the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). Coach Nawas trained and guided the Centre of Excellence U16 team to the Finals of the Challenge Cup Competition and only lost on penalties after extra time. From years 2009 to 2010, Coach Nawas attended the Asian Football Club A License Course and was subsequently appointed as the Head of Football Development for Geylang United Football Club in the Professional League like the Singapore League or S-League. From January to June 2010, Coach Nawas became the Head Coach of Tampines U18 team. And he was also drafted to coach the Singapore National team U17 in June to December 2010, the same year. And for one year, from December 2010 until December 2011, Coach Akbar Nawas was the Head Coach of the Singapore U18 National team.

As the present Head Coach for the Global Cebu Football Club, Coach Akbar Nawas hopes to impart his knowledge and skills in football to one of the best professional football clubs in the Philippines.

He was born on November 28, 1975 and he speaks English and Malay and he is also conversant in Mandarin and Tamil languages.