Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (born 1 January 1977) is an Iraqi

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

referee A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titl ...

who has been a full international referee for

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

. Sabah became a FIFA referee in 2002. He has served as a referee at competitions including the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the preliminary-round match between

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and

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

"Match Report - Palestine - United Arab Emirates 0:0 "
8 Sep 2015. Retrieved on 8 Sep 2015.

AFC Asian Cup

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* * 1977 births Living people Iraqi football referees Sportspeople from Baghdad AFC Asian Cup referees {{Iraq-footy-bio-stub