Gomes Gets Big Job At FIFA
South African Football Association (SAFA) Referees Committee chairman, Victor Gomes, has been appointed to the FIFA Referees Committee.
Gomes became the first South African to referee the Africa Cup of Nations final that was won by Senegal against Egypt in 2022, becoming as one of the highly respected referees until his retirement after the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
He has transferred his skills and his leadership to various refereeing structures around the world.
“I am happy to contribute to the game on the continent and to the betterment of African refereeing,” he said on SAFA website.
“Thank you to FIFA, CAF, and SAFA for entrusting me with this big responsibility.”
Gomes also serves as a FIFA Referees development officer and assessor, VAR and Technical Instructor, CAF Referees Committee vice-chairman and IFAB Technical Advisory Panel member.
South African Football Association (SAFA) President Dr Danny Jordaan applauded Gomes as he joins a Committee that is chaired by highly respected former referee Pierluigi Collina, who was in charge of the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
“I am pleased to congratulate Victor on this new journey. We look forward to following him on this new chapter,” said the SAFA President.
SAFA continues to be well represented on various structures of the game on the globe. Dr Jordaan has been appointed to the FIFA Men’s National Teams Competitions Committee. This Committee is regarded as the most important in FIFA as it oversees all FIFA men’s tournaments, including the FIFA World Cup, FIFA U20 World Cup, FIFA U17 World Cup, Men’s Olympic Football Tournament, FIFA Futsal World Cup, and the FIFA Arab Cup.
SAFA Chief Medical Officer Doctor Thulani Ngwenya is serving as a Doping Control Officer (DOC) and Sample Collection for the duration of the FIFA Under-20 Men’s World Cup that is currently underway in Chile.
The well-respected SAFA official is serving as a Doping Control Officer at another major tournament, and he is based in Rancagua, Chile, and the Estadio El Teniente is the main venue for his assignment.
