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Africa Is The First To Produce The Youngest Referee In Football History, Raphael Mbotela
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Meet the world’s youngest referee in football history to officiate national teams.
Raphael Mbotela is 17 years old from Zambia, he achieved this feat recently when he officiated an U-17 girls match involving Botswana and Namibia at the COSAFA region 5 games. Africa is showing it talents to the world through various means and this is one of them.
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