PREMIUM Referee Yiembe: From dusty fields of Nakuru, to Fifa Club World Cup and Uefa Super Cup Yiembe is the first Kenyan to officiate the Uefa Super Cup match. Football Just now Listen

My deepest thanks to Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF), the outstanding referee team, and all the officials who supported us throughout this journey,” Yiembe, who served in the match as an assistant referee, wrote on LinkedIn Earlier this year, Yembe was appointed the Second Video Assistant Referee (VAR 2) for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) final between Morocco and Senegal, a dramatic encounter in which Senegalese players temporarily walked off the pitch before returning to win the tournament.

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Referee Omar Artan (third, right), fourth official Rade Obrenovic (2nd, left), video assistant referee Marco Di Bello (right), his assistant Guillermo Cuadra Fernandez (left), assistant referees Liban Ahmed (2nd, right) and Stephen Yiembe (2nd, left) pose with their medals after 2026 Uefa Super Cup final between PSG and Aston Villa at Stadion Salzburg in Austria on Wednesday.