Marwa Range
Aden Marwa Range (born 31 January 1977) is a football referee from Kenya.
Career
Marwa has served as a FIFA referee since 2011. He is the first Kenyan football official to be involved in any FIFA competition,[1] having featured in the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He was named as an assistant referee in the 2012 and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.[2][3] Marwa was named as a reserve official at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and an assistant referee at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup.[4][5] He was included as CAF's assistant referee in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, where he served alongside Bakary Gassama, Jean-Claude Birumushahu and Malang Diedhiou.
2018 FIFA World Cup removal
Marwa was due to officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, but a week before the tournament was due to start, the BBC released an investigation conducted by a Ghanaian journalist which implicated Marwa in a bribery scandal. He was filmed receiving $600[6] US dollars before a previous game. He subsequently withdrew from the World Cup.[7]
References
- ^ Yetu, Game (9 March 2018). "Kenyan referee Aden Marwa shortlisted among match officials who will officiate 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia". The Standard (Kenya). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Referee Marwa flies Kenya flag at Nations Cup Finals". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ "Aden Marwa Range - Profile and Statistics - SoccerPunter.com". www.soccerpunter.com. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ "Referees & Assistant referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). fifa.com. 14 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ FIFA.com (2016-11-14). "Match officials for the FIFA Club World Japan 2016 appointed". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-02.
- ^ "Shock as Caf hands Kenyan referee life ban". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
- ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 - List of appointed match officials" (PDF). fifa.com. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 14, 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.