Some of the new faces who appeared in the
international list include: Mohamed Hagi Hassan, Mohamed Mussa Abdullahi, Aweys Abdullahi Sheik and Ali
Mohamud Mahad and as shown in the list their international standard starts from
2014and will serve until they will have retired.
Bashir Olad Arab who formerly served as an international
assistant referee now changed into a ‘centre’ referee after he was out for a
period of one year in a bid to change position, as the law allows. Some other key former international
referees and assistant referees were removed from the FIFA list due to
different reasons, according to Somali Football Federation referees development
office Chief Abdi Abdulle Ahmed, himself a former international centre referee.
Those removed from the FIFA list are: Nur
Mohamed Abdulle (Rooso), Aweys Nur, Abdirahman Abdi Omar (Shuriye) and Mohamed
Hassan Fidow. "All I can say about them is that they were very active and voluntarily
served for the country, they showed activeness and commitment both locally and internationally
during their period as FIFA referees and we will always be thankful to them” SFF
referees development office Chief Abdi Abdulle Ahmed said in a press statement.
Mr. Ahmed said that the new referees added
into the FIFA list of international referees and assistant referees were new generation
and had professionally served in the Somali league for the past three seasons.
"These young age referees were trained at
the FIFA level courses held for Somalia in Djibouti in April 2012 and in March
2013 where they gained much knowledge and experience whilst FIFA instructors who
taught them were fully satisfied with their performances during class attendance
and at fitness training sessions” Somali Football Federation referees
development office Chief Abdi Abdulle Ahmed said in his press statement.
On the 18th of April 2012, FIFA
instructor Joseph Wellington told the SFF media that he was fully
satisfied with the fitness and endurance of the young age referees brought to
the course by Somali Football federation.
"Most
referees in the course are very young and I say with a loud voice that Somali
Football Federation authorities are
praiseworthy for coming with such young faces—FIFA is very much interested in
the young age referees and it spends
hundreds of millions of dollars annually on the refereeing development programs
world wide” the FFA instructor indicated.
Photo Caption: Somali elite referees attending FIFA course in Djibouti, pictured on April 18, 2012 SFF File photo
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http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/refereeing/men.html
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