UEFA Super Cup 2026 tsakanin Paris Saint-Germain da Aston Villa a Red Bull Arena da ke Salzburg tuni ya zama wani muhimmin tarihi — amma mutumin da ke tsakiya yana jawo hankalin mutane kusan kamar yadda wasan kansa yake yi.

Omar Artan, wani alkalin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ɗan Somaliya mai shekara 34, an zaɓe shi don kula da wannan wasan. Ita ce karo na farko da wani jami'i wanda ba ɗan Turai ba aka zaɓa don kula da UEFA Super Cup.

Wane ne Omar Artan?

Artan alkalin duniya ne da aka yi rijista a CAF, wanda ya shiga jerin jami'an wasan FIFA na duniya a 2018. Shekara shida bayan haka, ya zama alkalin Somaliya na farko da ya taɓa kula da wasan a Africa Cup of Nations — wani babban tarihi ga ƙwallon ƙafa ta Somaliya.

Hawan nasa ya ci gaba a 2025, lokacin da aka ba shi lambar yabo ta CAF Men's Referee of the Year, ana gane shi saboda ayyukansa a gasar nahiya. Ya kuma kula da wasan karo na biyu na wasan karshe na CAF Champions League, inda ya tabbatar da sunansa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan jami'an Afrika.

Me ya sa alkalin CAF ke kula da wasan UEFA?