Come on, Hammam... move forward

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The 27th Gulf Cup Football Championship ended in the city of Jeddah, with the Saudi team defeating the Emirates team, and winning the championship cup after a long absence from winning titles. It was a very enthusiastic and festive match, especially with the large crowd that filled the atmosphere with excitement and enthusiasm.

The Saudi player, “Hammam Al-Hammami,” scored the first goal, and he exploded with joy, along with all the Saudi people, so our story today is about this talented boy.

As stated in his introduction in Wikipedia - we know that it is a secondary source - that Hammam Al-Hammami was born in 2004, and began his football career at West Ham United in London, where he played for the under-14 team. Then he was selected as part of the Saudi Football Scholarship Program launched by the Saudi Ministry of Sports.

In January 2024, Al-Hammami signed his first professional contract with Al-Ittihad Club. In August 2025, Al-Hammami joined Al-Shabab Al-Asmi Club.

The story of the boy Hammam is inspiring to millions of boys and young men who are Hammam’s age or close to him. He worked hard, struggled, and worked hard until he reached his radiant flash in the King Abdullah City Stadium in Jeddah, his golden moment.

Hammam mixed passion, discipline and perseverance, from Britain to Saudi Arabia, until he began his career with a step towards the Emirates match, “and the journey began”... as Nightingale Abdel Halim said.

He is a bright flame that inspires hope and infuses life into the veins of determination and the arteries of determination, and this was the determination of Hammam, the ambitious boy, with his features deeply rooted in Saudi Arabia, features of the land, sand, mountains, and the golden hint of the sun.

This example, which was carved by Hammam’s fingertips on the picture of Saudi eternity, and brought out to us the features of determination and the signs of resolve, tells us that Saudi Arabia has treasures of talent and treasures of gifts that the hand of the unseen has not yet revealed.

But talent alone, ambition alone, and dreaming alone are not enough. It is the fuel for a long journey and a solid vehicle that requires knowledge, patience, and clarity of vision.

What is more important than that in the story of Hammam Al-Hammami is that this is the origin of our youth, loving life and creativity in it, belonging to the homeland, and adding a rose to its gardens. As for anything else, it is deviation from the text, departure from the path, and deviation has no rule, but it spoils the big picture.

Come on, Hammam... Move forward, this is our Hammam that we are proud of and we are looking for, this is our important Hammam.

Quoted from "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat"