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Nigeria’s Youngest Referee Appointed To Officiate Champions League Match


Confederation of African Football, CAF, has appointed Nigeria’s youngest referee Quadri Adebimpe to officiate in the CAF continental club competitions.


The 24-year old Adebimpe will oversee the CAF Champions League Second Leg game between AS FAN of Niger Republic and AS de Tanda of Ivory Coast in Niamey next week Saturday.


Adebimpe who is a FIFA badged referee will be assisted by Samuel, Isah Usman and Abubakar Ago for the Champions League tie.


The 2017 CAF Champions League is the 53rd edition of Africa’s premier club football tournament organized by the CAF, and the 21st edition under the current CAF Champions League format.


At the beginning of the current season, the group stage was expanded from eight to 16 teams, divided into four groups of four.


The winners of the 2017 CAF Champions League will qualify as the CAF representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup in the 2018 CAF Super Cup.


Mamelodi Sundowns are the defending champions.


http://www.newshelm.com/2017/02/nigerias-youngest-referee-appointed-to.html

Nice one. I'm happy for you; go make us proud!

All the way.. Abeg blow make all African player go final..

Naso

Nice one!

Proudly yoruba!

cool...

Great for him and African football

Connections. If the guy got the position through a transparent recruitment process, kudos to him. Otherwise its cronyism on steroids.

He is an AFONJA... I just confirmed
Reporting live from Lagos Island... .. Under ikoyi bridge!. !

I think say na uefa

Viva la West Side!

I thought is was the UEFA Champions League!

Congrats!

God is your strength boy!

this is a good news in midst of recession...... all d best bro

ciscoxx:
All the way.. Abeg blow make all African player go final..

Mumu, you think say na UEFA Champions League.......

Please go back and read the opening post, then read your comment, and go back to the OP.......when you are done, start all over until you make sense of everything. Hun?

Proudly Afonja!!

Very good.

Senior

I know I wont see comments like "Afonja, brown roof republic".

wish him d best

Movingcoil:
I think say na uefa

lol, shey you don see asian ref 4 uefa before?

Goodluck

Wooooooooowwwww........

Make us proud of you, boy.
Bring back the glory days when our refs officiate at the World Cup. Now we no dey even ref AFCON

NCAN, food is ready

Not Osus

This is what we mean by leaders of tomorrow not what we are seeing in politics.

izz wee

And he's doing this while delusional iPod yoots traffic drugs upandan...

Movingcoil:
I think say na uefa

uefa ke abi u dey dream?