In 2006 Hamdi Al Kadri experienced one of the best moments of his life by officiating at the FIFA World Cup™ in Germany. Now, ten years later, the Syrian has returned to the land of the current world champions. While war forced him to leave the nation of his birth, refereeing is helping the 51-year-old to find his feet in his new home.
“It’s wonderful to be able to referee here,” the match official told FIFA.com. Al Kadri now lives with his wife and four children near Nuremberg, where the family have been receiving help with integration from local resident Gudrun Baars ever since their arrival.
It was Baars who contacted the local football association to inform them that a former world-class referee was now living in their midst – and club officials at SV Postbauer jumped at the chance of enlisting Al Kadri’s help. “First, we had to find out if he needed a new licence,” Oliver Johannes, chairman of the district referee’s association, told FIFA.com.
“Luckily, the BFV [Bavarian Footba..
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