Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Kabul: The Afghanistan Football Federation has announced that Zainuddin Sharifi, a former player of the country's national football team, who was able to referee the Asian Nations Cup beach soccer matches and World Cup preliminary beach soccer matches, is now as the international beach soccer referee has been selected.
He was a member of the judges in the Asian Nations Cup, which was hosted by Thailand from March 16 to 26, 2023.
Zainuddin Sharifi became the first Afghan beach soccer referee to whistle in such a prestigious international event.
This is despite the fact that a day ago, Mohammad Yusuf Kargar, the president of the Afghanistan Football Federation, was elected as a member of the Asian Football Confederation's technical committee.
The head of the Afghanistan Football Federation was previously a member of the AFC Technical Committee and will be in this position again at the request of the Asian Football Confederation for another four years.