Igor Nikolayevich Zakharov (russian: Игорь Николаевич Захаров; born 8 June 1966) is a Russian former professional
football referee and player.
Club career
As a player, he made his professional debut in the
Soviet Second League
The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League
The So ...
in 1984 for
FC Zorkiy Krasnogorsk
FC Zorky Krasnogorsk (russian: ФК «Зоркий» Красногорск) is a Russian football team based in Krasnogorsk. It was founded in 1968 and played in the third-tier Soviet Second League from 1968 to 1969, from 1982 to 1989 and f ...
.
Referee career
He had several memorable incidents in his referee career. On 25 July 2006 in the game between
FC Dynamo Moscow
FC Dynamo Moscow (''FC Dynamo Moskva'', russian: Дина́мо Москва́ ) is a Russian football club based in Moscow. Dynamo returned to the Russian Premier League for the 2017–18 season after one season in the second-tier Russian Foot ...
and
FC Moscow :''This article refers to the Moscow government team formed in 2004. For the predecessors in the Russian Premier League, see FC Torpedo-ZIL and FC Torpedo-Metallurg.''
FC Moscow (Russian: Футбольный клуб Москва) was a Russian ...
he gave FC Moscow a corner kick. Dynamo goalkeeper
Sergei Ovchinnikov thought that FC Moscow player touched the ball last and aggressively attacked Zakharov, at one point grabbing his shirt. Ovchinnikov was sent off and received a long disqualification. That turned out to be the last professional game Ovchinnikov played. On another occasion a dog ran onto a field in the game Zakharov was officiating. Zakharov showed the dog the yellow card. On 27 July 2008 after a game between
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl
FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl.
From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (russian: Химик - "the chemist").
In the USSR ...
and
FC Terek Grozny
Republican Football Club Akhmat ( ce, футболан клуб Ахмат Соьлжа-ГӀала; russian: Республиканский футбольный клуб Ахмат Грозный), commonly known as Akhmat Grozny, is a Russian ...
Shinnik wanted to test Zakharov for alcohol, claiming he refereed the game while drunk. Zakharov refused to go through the test.
Спорт-Экспресс: «Шинник» подозревает, что Игорь Захаров судил матч с «Тереком» в состоянии опьянения
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He was an international FIFA referee from 2005 to 2008, retiring from refereeing after the 2008 season.
References
1966 births
Sportspeople from Kaluga
Living people
Soviet men's footballers
Russian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
FC SKA-Khabarovsk players
FC Okean Nakhodka players
FC Luch Vladivostok players
PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
Russian Premier League players
Russian football referees
FC SOYUZ-Gazprom Izhevsk players
FC Spartak-Chukotka Moscow players
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