Bastian Dankert (born 9 June 1980) is a German

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referee who is based in

Rostock Rostock (), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (german: link=no, Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock), is the largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the state, c ...

. He referees for Brüsewitzer SV of the

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Football Association The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Football Association (german: Landesfußballverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, LFVMV), is the umbrella organization of the football clubs in the German state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and covers the football distr ...

. He is a

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referee, and is ranked as a

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second category referee.

Refereeing career

Dankert became a

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referee in 2008, a

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referee in 2012, and a

referee in 2014. On 30 April 2018, Dankert was selected by FIFA as one of the

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s for the

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in Russia, the first

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to use the technology.

Personal life

Dankert lives in

and is a sports scientist. In his main profession he is the general manager and marketing director at Landesfußballverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V.

References

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