Alon Yefet ( he, אלון יפת, born September 1, 1972) is an international

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 was the first Israeli to officiate a

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competit ...

match. Yefet became a FIFA referee in 2001. He has served as a referee in qualifying matches for the

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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 ...

"Match Report - Croatia - FYR Macedonia 1:0 (0:0)"
. 7 September 2012. Retrieved on 27 April 2013. World Cups.

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* * 1972 births Living people Israeli Jews Israeli football referees {{Israel-footy-bio-stub