🚨🇸🇴 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋 | Somali referee Omar Artan will officiate the 2026 UEFA Super Cup match between PSG and Aston Villa. ✅
Statement: "The decision to appoint Artan to officiate the UEFA Super Cup match has been made in the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding recently signed between UEFA and CAF to encourage cooperation in many areas, including refereeing."
"UEFA and CAF are united by a shared commitment to developing football at all levels and promoting the core values of unity, equality and non-discrimination."
🇩🇪🇶🇦 Joshua Kimmich in 2021 on Qatar 🗣️
“I see us as having a responsibility to address things. That’s what we tried.”
🇩🇪🇺🇸 Joshua Kimmich in 2026 on the USA 🗣️
“That we players can solve these problems or change anything about them: that’s the wrong expectation.”
Broke his body down for this club then took a cocktail of steroids to come back prematurely & assist Kai’s title winning goal v Burnley yet his own fanbase downplay him daily.. 😂👍🏽
Nommé par la FIFA pour officier durant la Coupe du Monde, l'arbitre somalien 🇸🇴 Omar Artan s'est vu refuser l'entrée sur le territoire américain
Vu ses difficultés pour obtenir un visa, il avait bénéficié du soutien de l'ambassade somalienne de Nairobi qui lui a notamment permis d'avoir un passeport diplomatique
Insuffisant pour les autorités américaines qui l'ont immédiatement renvoyé...
Pour rappel, Artan a dirigé la finale retour de Ligue des Champions de l'an dernier entre Pyramids FC et Mamelodi Sundowns tout en étant élu meilleur arbitre africain 2025 par la CAF