Aran Hodgkinson is a young referee from the UK who got the opportunity to referee and train two weeks in Portugal. What a great chance for him.
Aran Hodgkinson: young referee who got the opportunity to officate in Portugal.
After a training session on day 2, he also got to referee. In his last week he even got the opportunity to whistle a youth team from Benfica. He wrote:
“My third match in Portugal was between Benfica U14s team and and Scottish regional team consisting of players who were all at professional teams in Scotland like Motherwell, Inverness and Aberdeen who had come over to Portugal for a 3 day training camp, and whilst over here they had organised to play a game against Benfica U14s, of which I was asked to referee. The experience I would gain from this game would add even more to what I have already gained whilst being over here, and also a fantastic opportunity to referee a strong Benfica team!”
Read all Aran’s stories on his blog.
Aran Hodgkinson combines refereeing matches with training sessions which are filmed on his YouTube channel
Good luck with your career, Aran!
@dutchreferee How old is Aran?
@dutchreferee Aran is a great young referee who I have worked with a few times. He’s got a great career ahead at only 16/17 yrs old.
@dutchreferee 14 is the youngest you can officiate.
Felix Brych fluit vanavond Sevilla-Benfica. Lees hier hoe broekie van 17 een potje van Benfica onder 14 mocht fluiten http://t.co/U77tr8UKvR
Tonight Benfica plays the EL final. As a good warm-up for the final: stories of a young guy refereeing u14 Benfica http://t.co/tlZmuZzQno
Aran Hodgkinson’s experiencing of young Benfica squads: Aran Hodgkinson is a young referee from the UK who got… http://t.co/RyWgNH9eA4
@dutchreferee I’m off to Portugal – Albufeira on Wednesday to referee at the Ibercup Veteran’s Tournament. I’m absolutely buzzing for it!
@dutchreferee Around the world!
@dutchreferee Canada, USA, Australia.
@dutchreferee wouldn’t mind refereeing in Portugal myself. USA also sounds like good a place to referee.
@dutchreferee like a good place to referee ** blinking typo.