Farouk Bouzo ( ar, فاروق بوظو; born 3 March 1938

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, Syria) is a retired Syrian international football referee. He pioneered a new style of VAR in Egyptian football.

Career

Farouk Bouzo was a

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referee from 1969 until 1980. He officiated an international match in the

1978 FIFA World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t ...

group stages. He has the distinct honor of being the first Syrian referee to lead a match at a World Cup and the first referee to receive a 10 (highest recognition) grade from his inspector for his great performance in a World Cup match. He also officiated three matches at the

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. He issued two yellow cards at the 1978 World Cup match between Germany and Mexico (6–0), one to each side.

After career

He served as Secretary-General of the

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in 1976 and President from 1982 to 1994. After his retirement from refereeing, Bouzo became the National Referee Coordinator and Chairman of the AFC Referees Committee.

Successes

In 1996, he was awarded the

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, the highest honor by FIFA.

References and notes

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