Retired Somali Int’l Ass Ref focuses on instructor field.

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The recently retired Somali International Football Assistant referee Abdirahman Abdi Omar “Shurie” revealed here on Thursday that he was interested in turning his career into the field of referee instructor in a bid to be able to help educate future football referees in his country.

“Football refereeing is my number one favourite, so since I returned from the job both internationally and locally, I would like still to be in the field of refereeing industry, but this time not as a match judge and instead I hope to serve for my country as a referee instructor” the retired Somali international football assistant referee Abdirahman Abdi Omar “Shurie” said in a letter he sent to Somali Football Federation on Thursday.

“This is to inform you that, following years (1996 – 2013) of being football referee at both local and international level during which I had experienced a beautiful era in the field of refereeing, it was a job I liked since my childhood and by virtue of that I am still very much interested to be working as a football volunteer as a referee instructor” the former International football Assistant referee said in his letter to Somali Football federation.

He also mentioned in his letter that from today 16th of January 2014, he decided to retire even from the national level which means he will no longer be officiating local matches and instead will weight to be instructor to help educate young people who are willing to be referees in the country.

“I hereby request the honourable football federation authorities to allow me to turn to (my plan B) ‘the Somali Football Referees instructor section’ to again test my sports expertise in this regard. I hope that this request will positively be accepted” said the retired International football assistant referee Abdirahman Abdi Omar “ Shurie “ who is respected here as one of the most active individuals who were fully committed to football volunteering in the war-devastated country.

Somali Football Federation Media Department