Who is Hajj bin Muhammad Al-Lahou, the referee of the match between Egypt and Cape Verde?

Chadian referee El-Hajj Ben Mohamed El-Lahou will officiate the upcoming confrontation between Egypt and Cape Verde, at the conclusion of the second group matches in the African Nations 2023 group stage in Côte d'Ivoire, with South African Tom Abongile as referee for VAR, and referee Maria Rivett as assistant referee for VAR. In the match that will be held at 10 pm today, Cairo time.

The most important information about Hajj bin Muhammad Al-Lahu:

He is 37 years old, born in 1986

He began working in arbitration in 2004

- He received the international badge in 2012

He participated in many arbitration courses organized by the International Federation FiFA

- He obtained an IDE diploma

- He worked as a nurse in a hospital

- He managed one match for the Egyptian teams before the Pharaohs’ match against Cape Verde, which was the match against Future and Togolese Isco Kara, in the group stage of the Confederation Championship in the previous edition, and it ended in a draw with one goal for each team, and Future filed a complaint against the Togolese team and the result of the match was awarded to Future’s team by three.