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German football referee

Fullname Dr Riem Hussein

Born (1980-07-26) 26 July 1980 (age 45)
Bad Harzburg, West Germany

Years League

2015– 3. Liga

Dr Riem Hussein
Domestic
Hussein in 2020
Full name	Dr Riem Hussein
Born	(1980-07-26) 26 July 1980 (age 45) Bad Harzburg, West Germany
Years	League	Role
2015–	3. Liga	Referee
2008–	Regionalliga Nord	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
2009–	FIFA listed	Referee

Dr Riem Hussein (born 26 July 1980) is a German international football referee. She has been officiating internationally since 2009.^[1]^[2]

Since 2015, Hussein has been a referee in Germany's third tier of men's football, the 3. Liga.^[1]

Hussein was appointed to be a referee at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.^[3]^[4] She was also appointed to be a referee at the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England.^[5]

Personal life

Hussein is of Palestinian descent who primarily works as a pharmacist.^[7] In 2009, she obtained a PhD from the Technical University of Braunschweig.^[8]

1 2 "Riem Hussein » Matches as referee". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
↑ "Brand ist neuer Bundesliga-Schiedsrichter :: DFB - Deutscher Fußball-Bund e.V." dfb.de. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Frauen-WM 2019 - Nachrichten - Aufgebot der Spieloffiziellen für die FIFA Frauen-WM 2019". FIFA.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
↑ Bössler, Michael (3 December 2018). "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 – List of Match Officials" (PDF). Retrieved 30 June 2019.
↑ UEFA.com. "Who is the referee? Which officials are in charge of the Women's EURO 2022 games". UEFA. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
↑ "Referee team appointed for UEFA Women's Champions League final in Gothenburg". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
↑ "German Women's World Cup referee Riem Hussein: Why shouldn't women referee a men's tournament?". DW. 18 July 2019.
↑ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.

v t e Referees at UEFA Women's Euro 2022
Jana Adámková (CZE) Emikar Calderas Barrera (VEN) Iuliana Demetrescu (ROU) Cheryl Foster (WAL) Stéphanie Frappart (FRA) Marta Huerta de Aza (ESP) Riem Hussein (GER) Lina Lehtovaara (FIN) Ivana Martinčić (CRO) Kateryna Monzul (UKR) Tess Olofsson (SWE) Esther Staubli (SUI) Rebecca Welch (ENG)

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