Tag: Kerem Demirbay

Fortuna Düsseldorf have player referee girls game after sexist comment to ref

(Fortuna Dusseldorf/Facebook)
(Fortuna Dusseldorf/Facebook)

When 22-year-old Fortuna Düsseldorf midfielder Kerem Demirbay was sent off by referee Bibiana Steinhaus in a 2. Bundesliga match, he told her “women have no place in men’s football.” His club wouldn’t stand for his sexism though, and came up with a clever “punishment” by having him referee a girls match on Saturday.

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