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The Profile of African Referees to Officiate in The World Cup 2022 in Qatar

Sat, 12 Nov 2022 Source: Michael Djan

According to reports, referees from Ghana, Nigeria, and Egypt, among others, were left out of FIFA’s list, which includes names from Zambia, Algeria, Morocco, Gambia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo will be officiating at the 2022 shopping mode FIFA World Cup facilitated by Qatar and starts in nine days.

Here is a brief profile of the Referees who made it to the list;

-Bakary Daddy Gassama (Gambia) - This will be Gassama's third World Cup appearance after Brazil 2018 and Russia 2018.

We congratulate our African referees who got the opportunity to officiate in the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

-Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria) - The 37-year-old Algerian has refereed a few global matches, including the 2020 CAF Champions Association last between Egyptian sides Zamalek and Al Ahly, in which he gave two red cards and five yellow cards.

-Victor Gomes (South Africa) - An extreme talking straightforward ref, Gomes has stood out as truly newsworthy over and over assuming responsibility for the Africa Cup of Nations(AFCON) 2021 played early this year in Cameroon. In the 2021 AFCON last, Gomes harshly advised Egyptian whiz Mohammed Salah to quit whining before snidely offering him his whistle. He is viewed as one of the most mind-blowing arbitrators from Africa.

-Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda) - Mukansanga is persistently impacting the world forever. She is the principal lady from her local Rwanda to arbitrator the shoppingmode FIFA Ladies' Reality Cup, the main lady to at any point administer at the African Cup of Countries and presently one of the primary ladies to ref at the men's Reality Cup.

-Janny Sikazwe (Zambia) - Sikazwe flaunts a great CV, having refereed the 2016 shopping mode FIFA Club World Cup last and the 2017 AFCON last and turning into the principal Zambian ref to direct a World Cup in 2018.

-Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal) - The Senegalese ref directed a few matches at the 2021 Africa Cup of Countries.

Source: Michael Djan