Modou Sowe

{{short description|Gambian football referee (born 1963)}} '''Modou Sowe''' (born November 25, 1963) is a Gambian football referee who currently resides in Gambia. He first became a full international referee for FIFA in 1998.

He was selected as a referee for the 2004 African Cup of Nations in Tunisia,<ref>Saaid, Hamdan & Duret, Sebastien. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/04a-det.html "African Nations Cup 2004 - Final Tournament Details"]. ''RSSSF'', 14 February 2004. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.</ref> the 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt,<ref>Saaid, Hamdan. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/06a-det.html "African Nations Cup 2006 - Final Tournament Details"]. ''RSSSF'', 4 September 2008. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.</ref> and the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana,<ref>Saaid, Hamdan. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/08a-det.html "African Nations Cup 2008 - Final Tournament Details"]. ''RSSSF'', 4 September 2008. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.</ref> and officiated in qualifying matches for the 2002<ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071116185022/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3868/matches/match=19501/report.html "Match Report - Mauritania - Tunisia 1:2 (0:0)"]. 7 April 2000. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.</ref> and 2006<ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071109090333/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7381/matches/match=35832/report.html "Match Report - Congo DR - Ghana 1:1 (0:1)"]. 27 March 2005. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.</ref> World Cups.

Sowe was named as a candidate referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup,<ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120817000718/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/footballdevelopment/news/newsid=103338/index.html "Referees enter final FIFA World Cup preparation phase"]. 15 March 2006. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.</ref> but was not selected for the tournament.

==See also== * List of football referees

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070813041227/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=gam/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html FIFA Profile]

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