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 ...
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 ...
s. Years in brackets indicate when the referee was added to the
FIFA International Referees List
The FIFA International Referees List is an annual publication of the global list of FIFA international referees in the football-variants controlled by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) – association football (outdoor ...
Mirela Cemeri
Mirela Cabero García (born July 31, 1990 in Aranjuez, Spain), simply known as Mirela, is a Spanish singer and actress. Mirela has participated in various musical contests and singing competitions since she was a child.
Career
2004: ''Eu ...
(2022)
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Emanuela Rusta
Emanuela (minor planet designation: 576 Emanuela) is an asteroid orbiting the Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in it ...
Mehdi Abid Charef
Mehdi Abid Charef (born 14 December 1980 in Constantine) is an Algerian association football referee.
He also participated at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile and the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India
International Matches
*2015 Africa C ...
Lotfi Bekouassa Lutfi (also spelled Lotfi, Lutvi or Luthfi, ar, لطفي), meaning "kind" or "gracious", may refer to:
Given name Lotfi
* Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–2017), Azerbaijani electrical engineer
* Lotfi Akalay (born 1943), Moroccan writer
* Lotfi Nezzar, ...
(2016)
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Lyes Bekouassa
Lyes ( ar, لياس) is a male given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Lyes Boukria (born 1981), Algerian football player
* Lyes Cherifi (born 1968), Algerian judoka
* Lyes Houri (born 1996), French football player
* Lyes Oukkal (bor ...
Mustapha Ghorbal
Mustapha Ghorbal ( ar, مصطفى غربال; born 19 August 1985) is an Algerian association football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2014.
Career
Mustapha Ghorbal made his debut in the Algerian first division ...
El Hamlaoui Sid Ali Brahim
EL, El or el may refer to:
Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
Mustapha Ghorbal
Mustapha Ghorbal ( ar, مصطفى غربال; born 19 August 1985) is an Algerian association football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2014.
Career
Mustapha Ghorbal made his debut in the Algerian first division ...
Joan Guiu Serra Joan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Joan (given name), including a list of women, men and fictional characters
*:Joan of Arc, a French military heroine
*Joan (surname)
Weather events
*Tropical Storm Joan (disambiguation), multiple ...
(2021)
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Bruno Filipe Parente Fernandes
Bruno may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Bruno (name), including lists of people and fictional characters with either the given name or surname
* Bruno, Duke of Saxony (died 880)
* Bruno the Great (925–965), Archbishop of Cologne, ...
Antonio Caluassi Dungula
Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan language, Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 40 ...
Paulo Moreira Sergio Paulo is a Portuguese, Spanish, Swiss, and Italian masculine given name equivalent to English Paul. Notable people with the name include:
*Paulo Jr.
* Paulo Jr. (footballer)
*Paulo Almeida, Brazilian footballer
*Paulo André Cren Benini (born 198 ...
Ivanildo Meirelles De O Sanches Lopes Ivanildo is a given name. People named Ivanildo include:
* Ivanildo Cassamá (born 1986), Guinea-Bissauan footballer
* Ivanildo Fernandes (born 1996), Portuguese footballer
* Ivanildo Misidjan (born 1993), Surinamese footballer
* Ivanildo Rodri ...
Estanislau Prata Estanislau (, , ) is a Spanish and Portuguese male given name and surname (see Spanish naming customs) of Slavic origin. It derives from the Slavic Stanislav.
Given name Politicians and statesmen
*Estanislau da Silva (born 1952), East Timorese ...
Pablo Gaston Echavarria
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul (name), Paul.
People
*Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
*Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
*Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
*Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
* ...
Patricio Loustau
Patricio Loustau (born April 15, 1975) is an Argentine former football referee who officiated primarily in Primera División since 2009, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee since 2011, until his retirement on the 2022 season ...
Fernando Rapallini
Fernando Andrés Rapallini (born 28 April 1978) is an Argentine football referee who officiates in the Argentine Primera División. He has been a FIFA referee since 2014.
Refereeing career
In 2011, Rapallini began officiating in the Argenti ...
Jose Miguel Savorani
Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods.
*Jose ben Abin
*Jose ben Akabya
*Jose the Galilean ...
Patricio Loustau
Patricio Loustau (born April 15, 1975) is an Argentine former football referee who officiated primarily in Primera División since 2009, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee since 2011, until his retirement on the 2022 season ...
Mauro Vigliano
Mauro Vigliano (born 5 August 1975) is an Argentina, Argentine professional Association football, football Referee (association football), referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2013. He refereed some matches in Copa Libertador ...
(2021)
Futsal Referees
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Andres Daniel Pena Garcia
Andres or Andrés may refer to:
*Andres, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois, US
*Andres, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
*Andres (name)
*Hurricane Andres
* "Andres" (song), a 1994 song by L7
See also ...
Pablo Mariano Defelippi
Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul.
People
*Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer
*Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer
* Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist
* Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer
* Pablo Br ...
Ismael Parragues Ismael may refer to:
People
* Ismael Balkhi, a political activist from Afghanistan
* Ismael Blanco (born 1983), an Argentine professional footballer
* Ismael Prego "Wismichu", a Spanish youtuber
* Ismael Villegas, a Puerto Rican Major League Bas ...
Adriana Antonella Alvarez De Olivera
Adriana, also spelled Adrianna, is a Latin name and feminine form of Adrian. It originates from present day Italy.
Translations
*Arabic: أدريان
* Belorussian: Адрыяна (Adryjana)
* Bulgarian: Адриана (Adriana)
*Chinese Simplif ...
Laura Fortunato Laura Fortunato may refer to the following people:
* Laura Fortunato (academic)
* Laura Fortunato (referee)
María Laura Fortunato (born 31 May 1985) is an international football referee from Argentina. She was an official at the 2019 FIFA Wom ...
Mesrop Ghazaryan Mesrob or Mesrop ( hy, Մեսրոպ) is an Armenian given name.
Mesrob / Mesrop may refer to:
*Mesrop Mashtots, also Saint Mesrop, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist. Inventor of the Armenian alphabet
**Mesrop Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manu ...
Sargis Hovhannisyan
Sargis Hovhannisyan ( hy, Սարգիս Հովհաննիսյան, born 17 August 1968), is an Armenian football coach and a former defender, who mostly spent his club career at FC Lokomotiv Moscow. He works for Lokomotiv as a scout.
Hovhannisy ...
Jade Salamatin
Jade is a mineral used as jewellery or for ornaments. It is typically green, although may be yellow or white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of ...
Chris Beath
Chris James Beath (born 17 November 1984) is an Australian football referee in the A-League.
Refereeing career
He has refereed at the National Youth Championships in 2003 and in 2004.
Beath was the referee of the tournament at the 2002 Kanga Cu ...
(2011)
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Daniel Elder
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew language, Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel (given ...
(2022)
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Shaun Evans
Shaun Francis Evans (born 6 March 1980) is an English actor and director. He is best known for playing a young Endeavour Morse in the ITV drama series '' Endeavour''.
Early life
Shaun Francis Evans was born on 6 March 1980 into an Irish famil ...
(2017)
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Alireza Faghani
Alireza Faghani ( fa, عليرضا فغانى; born 21 March 1978) is an Iranian international football referee who has been officiating in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons and has been on the FIFA list since 2008. Faghani has ref ...
(2008–present)
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Adam Kersey
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
Ryan Gallagher
Ryan Gallagher is a Scottish investigative journalist. He writes about security and civil liberties for Bloomberg News, and previously worked for The Intercept reporting on classified documents leaked by former National Security Agency contrac ...
Nathan MacDonald
A British biblical scholar, Nathan MacDonald (born 1975) currently serves as Reader in the Interpretation of the Old Testament at Cambridge University as well as Fellow and College Lecturer in theology at St John's College, Cambridge. Much of hi ...
Chris Beath
Chris James Beath (born 17 November 1984) is an Australian football referee in the A-League.
Refereeing career
He has refereed at the National Youth Championships in 2003 and in 2004.
Beath was the referee of the tournament at the 2002 Kanga Cu ...
(2021)
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Shaun Evans
Shaun Francis Evans (born 6 March 1980) is an English actor and director. He is best known for playing a young Endeavour Morse in the ITV drama series '' Endeavour''.
Early life
Shaun Francis Evans was born on 6 March 1980 into an Irish famil ...
Andrew Best
Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is frequently shortened to "Andy" or "Drew". The word is derived ...
Ryan Shepheard
Ryan may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Ryan (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
*Ryan (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
Places Australia
* Division of Ryan, an elector ...
Kate Jacewicz
Katherine Margaret Jacewicz (born 6 April 1985) is an Australian soccer referee. She was first FIFA listed in 2011.
Refereeing career
Jacewicz began refereeing at the age of 13 when her brother's team needed a referee.
After being appointed ...
Casey Reibelt
Casey Lisa Reibelt (born 15 January 1988) is an Australian soccer referee who officiates in the A-League Women (W-League prior to 2021) and is an international referee.
Reibelt took to refereeing at the age of 15. She began officiating in th ...
Sarah Ho
Sarah May Yee Ho (born 28 October 1978) is an Australian soccer referee. She has been an assistant referee in both the W-League and the A-League competitions.
Ho officiated at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, 2006 FIFA U-20 Wome ...
Sarah Ho
Sarah May Yee Ho (born 28 October 1978) is an Australian soccer referee. She has been an assistant referee in both the W-League and the A-League competitions.
Ho officiated at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, 2006 FIFA U-20 Wome ...
(2021)
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Kate Jacewicz
Katherine Margaret Jacewicz (born 6 April 1985) is an Australian soccer referee. She was first FIFA listed in 2011.
Refereeing career
Jacewicz began refereeing at the age of 13 when her brother's team needed a referee.
After being appointed ...
(2021)
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Casey Reibelt
Casey Lisa Reibelt (born 15 January 1988) is an Australian soccer referee who officiates in the A-League Women (W-League prior to 2021) and is an international referee.
Reibelt took to refereeing at the age of 15. She began officiating in th ...
Sebastian Gishamer
Sebastian may refer to:
People
* Sebastian (name), including a list of persons with the name
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films and television
* ''Sebastian'' (1968 film), British spy film
* ''Sebastian'' (1995 film), Swedish drama film
...
Harald Lechner
Harald Lechner (born 30 July 1982) is an Austrian professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Associati ...
Julian Weinberger
Julian may refer to:
People
* Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363
* Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots
* Saint Julian (disambiguation), several Christian saints
* Julian (gi ...
Markus Gutschi Marcus, Markus, Márkus or Mărcuș may refer to:
* Marcus (name), a masculine given name
* Marcus (praenomen), a Roman personal name
Places
* Marcus, a main belt asteroid, also known as (369088) Marcus 2008 GG44
* Mărcuş, a village in Dobârl ...
Daniel Stauber
Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...
Olivia Tschon Olivia may refer to:
People
* Olivia (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name
* Olivia (singer) (Olivia Longott, born 1981), American singer
* Olívia (basketball) (Carlos Henrique Rodrigues do Nascimento, born 19 ...
Lena Hirtl
Lena or LENA may refer to:
Places
* Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso
* Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada
* Lena, Norway, a village in ...
Aliyar Aghayev
Aliyar Aghayev ( az, Əliyar Ağayev; born 17 October 1987) is an Azerbaijani football referee who officiates in the Azerbaijan Premier League. He has been a FIFA referee since 2013, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee.
Refereein ...
Elchin Masiyev Elchin ( az, Elçin) is a masculine Azerbaijani given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Elchin Novruzov (born 2005), Azerbaijani programmer
*Elchin Afandiyev (born 1943), Azerbaijani writer and politician
*Elchin Alizade (born 1986), Aze ...
(2021)
Assistant Referees
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Elshad Abdullayev
Elshad Islam oglu Abdullayev ( az, Elşad Abdullayev; born 25 September 1961, Kurdamir) is an Azerbaijani lawyer and former university rector who gained wide popularity in 2012 after producing and publishing hidden camera videos, raising public and ...
(2020)
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Akif Amirali
Akif, Akef or Aqif ( ar, عاكف) is an Arabic masculine given name, meaning "focused, attached, intent, devoted"
Given name
* Akif Šeremet, Bosnian communist
* Akif Pirinçci, German writer of Turkish origin
Surname
* Mohammed Mahdi Akef, E ...
Nail Naghiyev
Nail or Nails may refer to:
In biology
* Nail (anatomy), toughened protective protein-keratin (known as alpha-keratin, also found in hair) at the end of an animal digit, such as fingernail
* Nail (beak), a plate of hard horny tissue at the tip ...
Wilson Da Costa
Wilson may refer to:
People
*Wilson (name)
** List of people with given name Wilson
** List of people with surname Wilson
*Wilson (footballer, born 1927), Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender
*Wilson (footballer, bo ...
(2011–)
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
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Gillian Martindale Gillian may refer to:
Places
* Gillian Settlement, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
People
Gillian (variant Jillian) is an English feminine given name, frequently shortened to Gill.
It originates as a feminine form of the name Julian, Julio, ...
Referee (2009–2019)
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Adrian Skeete
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water".
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main ...
Christopher Reid Chris Reid (born 1971) is a Scottish football goalkeeper.
Chris or Christopher Reid may also refer to:
People
*Christopher Reid (rapper) (born 1964), American actor, comedian, and former rapper
*Christopher Reid (writer) (born 1949), Hong Kong-bor ...
Canada Soccer announced on January 13, 2022 that 17 of its National List of Match Officials have been named to the 2022 FIFA International List of Match Officials.
Nolan Foster Nolan may refer to: People
*Nolan (surname)
*Nolan (given name)
* The Nolans, an Irish all-female band Places
;Canada
* Nolans Corners, Ontario
;United States
* Nolan, Texas
* Nolan County, Texas
* Nolan River, in Texas
* Nolan, West Virginia
See a ...
Adam Cordier
Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...
Issa Abdelhadi
Issa or ISSA may refer to:
Acronyms and abbreviations
*Independent Schools Sports Association, now known as the Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
*Information Systems Security Association
*Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracion ...
Ahmat Amara Hassane
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet.
Etymology
The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...
Kao Jung-fang
Kao Jung-Fang (Chinese language, Chinese: 高荣芳; born 30 October 1980) is a Taiwanese Association football, football Referee (association football), referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA.
He also refereed at the regional ...
Lazard Tsiba
Lazard Ltd (formerly known as Lazard Frères & Co.) is a financial advisory and asset management firm that engages in investment banking, asset management and other financial services, primarily with institutional clients. It is the world's ...
Tupou Patia
Tupou Patia-Brogan (born 17 April 1984) is a football player and referee from the Cook Islands. In 2015, Patia served as a referee at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada, becoming the first person from the Cook Islands, male or female, to ...
Yannis Anastasiou
Giannis Anastasiou ( gr, Γιάννης Αναστασίου; born 5 March 1973) is a Greek professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Super League club Panetolikos.
As a player, Anastasiou played as a strike ...
Djamal Aden Djamal is an Arabic masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to:
* Djamel Abdoun (born 1986), Algerian footballer
* Djamal Amrani (born 1935), Algerian poet
* Djamal Mahamat (born 1983), Libyan footballer
* Djamal Mohamed (born 1990), F ...
Mohamed Diraneh Guedi
Muhammad was an Islamic prophet and a religious and political leader who preached and established Islam.
Muhammad and variations may also refer to:
*Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations
...
Randy Encarnación
Randy is a given name, popular in the United States and Canada. It is primarily a masculine name. It was originally derived from the names Randall, Randolf, Randolph, as well as Bertrand and Andrew, and may be a short form (hypocorism) of them ...
Joel Aguilar
Joel Antonio Aguilar Chicas (born July 2, 1975) is a Salvadoran retired football referee. He has been a FIFA listed international referee since 2002.
Aguilar was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA Under-20 World Cup in Canada, where he r ...
(2001–present)
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Elmer Bonilla
Elmer is a name of Germanic British origin. The given name originated as a surname, a medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, derived from Old English ''æþel'' (noble) and ''mær'' (famous). It was adopted as a given name in the United State ...
Ismael Cornejo Ismael may refer to:
People
* Ismael Balkhi, a political activist from Afghanistan
* Ismael Blanco (born 1983), an Argentine professional footballer
* Ismael Prego "Wismichu", a Spanish youtuber
* Ismael Villegas, a Puerto Rican Major League Bas ...
Iván Barton
Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros (born 27 January 1991) is a Salvadoran football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2018. He is also one of the referees at the Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador.
Biography
Barto ...
(2018–)
England
Years refer to seasons on the National List of Referees. These officials operate at Football League level or above. Seasons spent as a Premier League referee or FIFA referee are indicated in addition where they apply.
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
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Berhane Dangew Berhane may refer to the following people:
* Berhane Abrehe, Minister of Finance of Eritrea
*Berhane Adere, Ethiopian athlete
* Berhane Aregai, Eritrean footballer
* Berhane Asfaw, Ethiopian paleontologist
* Berhane Habtemariam, Minister of Finan ...
Andrew Anand Achari
Andrew is the English form of a given name common in many countries. In the 1990s, it was among the top ten most popular names given to boys in List of countries where English is an official language, English-speaking countries. "Andrew" is freq ...
Rakesh Varman Rakesh (Devnagari: राकेश) is a masculine given name of Indian origin. It is derived from the Sanskrit language.
Notable people with the given name
*Chaudhary Rakesh Singh Chaturvedi, Indian politician
*Mohan Rakesh, literary movement ac ...
Valman Bedeau Valman may refer to:
* Valman language
Walman (or Valman) is a Torricelli language of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Gu ...
Gilberto dos Santos
Gilberto dos Santos (born 27 August 1975), or simply Gilberto (), is a former footballer who played as a striker. Born in Brazil, Gilberto is of Lebanese descent; he represented Lebanon internationally at the 2000 AFC Asian Cup.
Club career
Gi ...
Anthony Buttimer
Anthony Buttimer (born 13 July 1965) is an Irish FIFA-level soccer referee from Cork. A League of Ireland official, he took charge of the 2008 FAI Cup Final in the RDS, Dublin.
Career
Buttimer regularly referees matches in the League of Irel ...
Choe Kwang-hyon
Choi is a Korean family surname. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were around 2.3 million people by this name in South Korea or roughly 4.7% of the population. In English-speaking countries, it is most often anglicized ''Choi'', an ...
Kanat Myrsabekov
A qanat or kārīz is a system for transporting water from an aquifer or water well to the surface, through an underground aqueduct; the system originated approximately 3,000 BC in what is now Iran. The function is essentially the same across ...
Kilar Ladsavong Kilar may refer to
*Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer of classical and film music
* Qerekhlar, a village in Iran
* Kilar, a village in Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka, India.
*Killar
Killar or Kilar is a town in Himachal Pradesh, India. It is h ...
Isaac Montgomery
Isaac; grc, Ἰσαάκ, Isaák; ar, إسحٰق/إسحاق, Isḥāq; am, ይስሐቅ is one of the three patriarchs of the Israelites and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He was the ...
Gediminas Mažeika
Gediminas Mažeika (born 24 March 1978 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian former professional football referee. He is a FIFA referee,
Mažeika refereed one group stage match in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League, between Bayer Leverkusen against M ...
Alain Hamer
Alain Hamer (born 10 December 1965, in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian football referee. He was a referee in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. He has refereed over 50 matches in the UEFA Champions League, the first in 2000–01. He has also re ...
Hamada Nampiandraza
Hamada Nampiandraza (born 8 July 1984) is a Malagasy association football referee.
He was one of the referees for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, 2017 Africa Cup of Nations
The 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (abbreviated as AFCON 2017 or CAN 2 ...
Farrugia Cann T.
Farrugia is a family name with a theoretical etymology based in both Latin ''fellus'' and Semitic ''faruj'', first found in Malta, Calabria and Sicily. In the Maltese language the word ''farruġ'' refers to a cockerel (a young rooster). It has be ...
Veaceslav Banari Veaceslav is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Veaceslav Gojan (born 1983), Moldovan amateur boxer who won Bantamweight bronze at the 2008 Olympics
* Veaceslav Ioniţă (born 1973), economist and politician from Moldova
*Veacesla ...
U Hla Tint
U or u, is the twenty-first and sixth-to-last letter and fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''u'' (pro ...
Dilip Rajak Dilip may refer to: People
* Dilīpa, king in Hindu mythology
* Dilip Chhabria, Indian automobile designer
* Dilip Chitre (1938–2009), Indian writer and critic
* Dilip D'Souza (born 1960), Indian writer and journalist
* Dilip Dholakia (1921–2 ...
Surendra Sikhrakar
Surendra is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Surendra (actor/singer)
* Surendra Bhave
* Surendra Chaturvedi
* Surendra Dubey
* Surendra Gambhir
* Surendra Hiranandani
* Surendra Jain
* Surendra Jha 'Suma ...
(1997–)
Netherlands
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John Blankenstein
John Blankenstein (12 February 1949 in De Bilt – 25 August 2006 in The Hague) was a Dutch football referee and gay rights activist. He was notable for being one of the first homosexual athletes to come out in the Netherlands.
Professional car ...
(1985–1995)
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Kevin Blom
Bernie Raymond Blom, known as Kevin Blom (born 21 February 1974 in Gouda), is a Dutch football referee, who officiates for FIFA and UEFA. He has refereed in the Eerste Divisie, the Eredivisie and the UEFA Champions League. His home town is Alphen ...
(2005–)
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Ruud Bossen Ruud and Rud are surnames of Norwegian origin. Both are also Norwegian place names of numerous farmsteads named Rud or Ruud from Old Norse ''ruð'' meaning clearing. Ruud is also a Dutch masculine given name meaning "famous wolf" although it is als ...
(2001–2007)
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Eric Braamhaar
Frederikus Johannes (Eric) Braamhaar (born October 13, 1966 in Rijssen) is a Dutch football referee. Braamhaar is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 2003 to 2011. He officiated at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship ...
(2002–2011)
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Charles Corver
Charles George Reinier Corver (16 January 1936 – 10 November 2020) was a Dutch football referee.
Career
He was decorated twice by the Queen (Order of Orange-Nassau) and the football association (KNVB-UEFA-FIFA).
He refereed the 1982 World Cu ...
(1972-1983)
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Ben Haverkort
Ben Haverkort (born 27 October 1961) is a Dutch former football player and referee. He played professional football in the Dutch second division before taking up refereeing, officiating in the Dutch first division and international football.
Pl ...
(2002-2006)
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Leo Horn
Leopold Sylvain Horn (29 August 1916 – 16 September 1995) was a Dutch football referee.
Horn was born in Sittard, where he was a friend of entertainer Toon Hermans. The family moved to Amsterdam in 1928. Horn became a clerk with the textil ...
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Jack van Hulten
Jack may refer to:
Places
* Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
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Dick Jol
Dick Jol (born 29 March 1956) is a Dutch former football referee, best known for supervising three matches during the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship held in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Early life
Born in Scheveningen, South Holland, ...
Björn Kuipers
Björn Kuipers (; born 28 March 1973) is a former Dutch Referee (association football), football referee. He has been a FIFA International Referees List, FIFA listed referee from 2006 to 2021 and an UEFA Elite group referee from 2009 to 2021. He ...
Bas Nijhuis
Hendrikus Sebastian "Bas" Nijhuis (born 12 January 1977) is a Dutch football referee. Since 2007 he has officiated for FIFA international matches. Nijhuis comes from Enschede.
Career
Inspired by his father, who had also served as a referee, Ni ...
(2007–)
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René Temmink
René Temmink (born 24 June 1960) is a Dutch former football referee.Interview with René Te ...
(2001–2006)
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Pol van Boekel
Paulus Hendrikus Martinus van Boekel (born 19 September 1975) is a Dutch international referee, who refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the match between Moldova and England.
Van Boekel became a FIFA referee in 20 ...
(2008–)
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Mario van der Ende
Mario van der Ende (born March 28, 1956, in The Hague, South Holland) is a retired football referee and coordinator from the Netherlands. He is mostly known for supervising five matches in the FIFA World Cup: three in 1994 FIFA World Cup, 1994 and ...
(1990–2002)
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Dick van Egmond
Dick, Dicks, or Dick's may refer to:
Media
* ''Dicks'' (album), a 2004 album by Fila Brazillia
* Dicks (band), a musical group
* ''Dick'' (film), a 1999 American comedy film
* "Dick" (song), a 2019 song by Starboi3 featuring Doja Cat
Names
...
Pieter Vink
Pieter Vink (, born 13 March 1967 (2004–2010)
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Jan Wegereef
Jan Willem Wegereef (born 17 January 1962 in Rijssen) is a former top-level Dutch football (soccer) referee, living in Hellevoetsluis. He refereed one match at the 2002 World Cup and has officiated a total of 12 UEFA Champions League matches (as o ...
Erick Lezama
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...
Benjamin Odey
Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right")blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thirt ...
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David Malcolm
David Kingsley Malcolm, Order of Australia, AC, Queen's Counsel, QC (6 May 1938 – 20 October 2014) was the Chief Justice of Western Australia from May 1988 until his retirement from the bench in February 2006. He was also an expatriate justic ...
(1999–)
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Adrian McCourt
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water".
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the main ...
Alan Snoddy
Alan Gordon Snoddy (born 29 March 1955) is a retired Northern Irish football referee, known for having refereed two matches in the FIFA World Cup: one in 1986 and one in 1990. At the 1986 World Cup Snoddy was appointed to referee the game be ...
Jonny Ditlefsen
Jonny is a masculine given name, and pet name, in the English language. A pet form of Jon, the natural diminutive of given name Jonathan (name), Jonathan, in some cases it can also mean a condom. A variant form of ''Jonny'' is ''Jonnie''.
People ...
Terje Hauge
Terje Hauge (born 5 October 1965 in Bergen, Norway) is a former Norwegian football referee from the club Olsvik IL.
Career
Since he made his debut in 1990, Hauge has refereed 232 matches in the Tippeligaen. He has been an authorised FIFA refe ...
Svein Oddvar Moen
Svein Oddvar Moen (born 22 January 1979) is a Norwegian football referee. He took up refereeing in 1995, and made his debut in the Eliteserien in 2003. He represents SK Haugar.
Career
He was selected to officiate the final of the 2011 FIFA U-1 ...
(2005–)
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Tom Henning Øvrebø
Tom Henning Øvrebø (born 26 June 1966) is a Norwegian former football referee. He has been a UEFA Elite referee, having refereed matches in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. Øvrebø has also worked as a qualified psychologist ou ...
(1994–2010)
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Roy Helge Olsen
Roy Helge Olsen (born 19 January 1965) is a Norwegian football referee from Trondheim, representing Flekkerøy IL from Kristiansand. He started as a referee in 1979 and was a referee in FIFA from 1992 to 2002. Olsen officiated in 2002 World C ...
Abdullah Al Hilali
Abdullah Al Hilali (born January 1, 1970) is an Omani association football referee for FIFA, and the Asian Football Confederation. He has performed at many international football competitions since 2002 including the 2008 Summer Olympics, the A ...
(2002–)
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Khamis Al Shammaki Khamis ar, خميس the 5th day in Arabic known as Thursday. It may refer to:
*Khamis (name)
*Khamis, Bahrain, a place in Bahrain
*Khamis Brigade, special forces brigade of the military of Libya
*Khamis Mushait
Khamis Mushayt or Khamis Mushait ( ...
Omar Al-Yaqoubi
Omar Al-Yaqoubi ( ar, عمر اليعقوبي; born 3 July 1987) is an Omani association football referee
A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sports ...
(2013–)
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Ahmed Al-Kaf
Ahmed Abu Bakar Said Al-Kaf (born 1983) is an Omani professional Association football, football Referee (association football), referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2010.FIFA"Oman: Referees".
References
External links ...
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* Irshad ul Haq (referee)
* Khurram Shahzad (referee)
* Hidayat Ullah (referee)
* Shafaat Habib (assistant referee)
* Majid Khan (assistant referee)
* Muhammad Ali (assistant referee)
* Arslan Sharif (assistant referee)
* Dilawar Khan (assistant referee)
* Hakim Nisar ( Referee Peshawar)
Palestine
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Mahmoud Al Jaish
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''.
Siam Mahmud
*Mahmood (singer) (born 199 ...
Roberto Moreno
Roberto Pupo Moreno (born 11 February 1959), usually known as Roberto Moreno and also as Pupo Moreno, is a Brazilian former auto racing, racing driver. He participated in 75 Formula One Grands Prix, achieved 1 podium, and scored a total of 15 c ...
John Pitti
John Francis Pitti Hernández (born 2 August 1978) is a retired Panamanian professional Association football, football Referee (association football), referee. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2012. He refereed some matches in the ...
Job Minan
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Carlos Amarilla
Carlos Arecio Amarilla Demarqui (born 26 October 1970) is a football referee from Paraguay. Amarilla has been a referee since 1997 and his first international game was between Uruguay and Ecuador. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup he took charge of ...
(1997–2015)
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Ubaldo Aquino
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Enrique Cáceres
Enrique Patricio Cáceres Villafañe (; born 20 March 1974) is an international football referee from Paraguay. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2010 and has taken charge of a number of major matches in Copa Libertadores and Copa Am ...
(2010–2018)
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Epifanio González
Epifanio González Chaves (born January 19, 1958) is a former Paraguayan football referee. He is known for supervising two matches in the 1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world champi ...
Ulises Mereles Ulises is a Spanish language, Spanish-language given name. It is the Spanish form of the English name Ulysses (given name), Ulysses, which itself derives from a Latin form of Odysseus (a legendary Greek king).
People with the name
* Ulises Adame de ...
Éber Aquino Eber is an ancestor of the Israelites and the Ishmaelites in the Hebrew Bible.
Eber may also refer to:
__NOTOC__ Personal name
*Eber Finn, a legendary early Irish king
*Éber Bessa (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
* E. W. Cave (1831–1904), Ameri ...
(2016–present)
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José Méndez
José Colmenar del Valle Méndez (January 2, 1885 – October 31, 1928) was a Cuban right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, he died at age 43 in Havana. Known in Cuba as ''El Diamante Negro'' ...
Juan Gabriel Benítez
''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish language, Spanish and Manx language, Manx versions of ''John (given name), John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronoun ...
(2019–present)
Peru
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Víctor Hugo Carrillo
Víctor Hugo Carrillo Casanova (born 30 October 1975) is a Peruvian football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2005.
Career
Víctor Hugo is a referee in Peruvian Primera División, Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudameric ...
(2005–)
*
Henry Gambetta
Henry may refer to:
People
* Henry (given name)
*Henry (surname)
* Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry
Royalty
* Portuguese royalty
** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal
** Henry, Count of Portugal ...
Diego Haro
Diego Mirko Haro Sueldo (born 18 December 1982) is a Peruvian football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2013.
He was in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Haro notably handed out seven yellow cards in the first hal ...
(2013–present)
*
Gilberto Hidalgo
Gilberto is the Iberian and Italian version of the originally Norman-French given name '' Gilbert'', used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages. In Galician, it's spelled Xilberto or Xilberte. ''Gilbert'' is ultimately derived from the Ger ...
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Enrique Labo Revoredo
Enrique Labo Revoredo (March 2, 1939 – July 2, 2014) was a Peruvian football referee.
Born in Lima, he is known for having refereed the historic West Germany vs Algeria match at the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. Labo also refereed at the 1980 S ...
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Héctor Pacheco
Hector () is an English, French, Scottish, and Spanish given name. The name is derived from the name of Hektor, a legendary Troy, Trojan champion who was killed by the Greek Achilles. The name ''Hektor'' is probably derived from the Greek language ...
(2002–)
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Víctor Hugo Rivera
Víctor Hugo Rivera Chávez (born January 11, 1967) is a Peruvian football referee. He has been a referee for Peruvian Primera División
The Peru First Division (; ''First Division'') —known as Liga 1 Betsson for sponsorship reasons and o ...
(2001–2012)
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Percy Rojas
Percy Rojas Montero (born September 16, 1949) is a retired football midfielder from Peru. He played on Selección de fútbol de Perú at two FIFA World Cups ( 1978 and 1982). He played in the 1975 Copa América Finals with the Peru national t ...
Alberto Tejada Noriega
Carlos Alberto Tejada Noriega (born 11 November 1956 in Lima, Peru) is a former Peruvian Minister of Health between 2011 and 2012. He was also a urologist and later a football referee.
Football career
He refereed three matches in the FIFA Wo ...
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Arturo Yamazaki Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur.
People
* Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer
* Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer
*Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), B ...
(later naturalized Mexican)
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Michael Espinoza
Michael may refer to:
People
* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael
Given name "Michael"
* Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...
Allan Martinez
Allan may refer to:
People
* Allan (name), a given name and surname, including list of people and characters with this name
* Allan (footballer, born 1984) (Allan Barreto da Silva), Brazilian football striker
* Allan (footballer, born 1989) ...
Clifford Daypuyat Clifford may refer to:
People
*Clifford (name), an English given name and surname, includes a list of people with that name
*William Kingdon Clifford
*Baron Clifford
*Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
*Baron de Clifford
*Clifford baronets
*Clifford fami ...
(2014–)
Poland
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Marcin Borski
Marcin Borski (born 13 April 1973) is Polish football referee. He has been a Polish top division referee since 1999 and on the FIFA referees list since 2006. He was the only Polish referee nominated for UEFA Euro 2012.
Borski has served as ...
(2006–)
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Pawel Gil
Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...
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Grzegorz Gilewski
Grzegorz Gilewski (born 24 February 1973 in Radom, Poland) is a Polish football referee.
On 9 November 2008 Gilewski was detained by CBA in an investigation related to match-fixing in Polish football. He was charged the next day with thre ...
(2001–)
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Jacek Granat
Jacek is a Polish given name of Greek origin related Hyacinth, through the archaic form of ''Jacenty''. Its closely related equivalents are: Jacinto (Spanish and Portuguese), Giacinto (Italian), Jácint ( Hungarian) and Jacint (Catalan, shortened ...
(1994–2008)
*
Alojzy Jarguz Alojzy is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Alojzy Ehrlich (1914–1992), also called "King of the Chiselers," Polish table tennis legend
*Alojzy Feliński
Alojzy Feliński (1771 – 1820) was a Polish writer.
Life
Feli ...
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Michał Listkiewicz
Michał Józef Listkiewicz (born May 20, 1953) is a retired Polish football referee, former president of Polish Football Association. He graduated from Warsaw University in 1977.
He was a football referee since 1973, officiating internationally ...
Szymon Marciniak
Szymon Marciniak (Polish: ; born 7 January 1981) is a Polish professional football referee. He is considered one of the most highly rated international referees of his generation. He refereed the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and ...
Lucílio Batista
Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (born 26 April 1965 in Lisbon) is a retired Portuguese football referee. A bank teller by profession, Batista started refereeing Portuguese first division matches in the mid-1990s in the national territory. Inter ...
Vítor Melo Pereira
Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (born 21 April 1957) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Portugal, best known for supervising four matches at the FIFA World Cup: two in 1998 and 2002.
Since August 2017 he was the head of Greek refereeing app ...
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Pedro Proença
Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia (; born 3 November 1970) is a retired Portuguese football referee.
Proença has refereed a number of notable matches including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Taça de Portugal finals, Taça da Liga fi ...
(2003–2015)
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Jorge Sousa
Manuel Jorge Neves Moreira de Sousa (; born 18 June 1975) is a Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance l ...
Carlos Silva Valente
Carlos Alberto Silva Valente (born July 25, 1948 in Setúbal) is a retired Portuguese football referee. He is known for having refereed three matches in the FIFA World Cup, one in the 1986 and two in the 1990
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Rui Costa
Rui Manuel César Costa (; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors.
...
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Artur Soares Dias
Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (born 14 July 1979) porquista fruteiro corrupto filho da puta a dias is a Portuguese football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA and UEFA since 2010.
After having accompanied his countryman ...
João Pinheiro (referee)
João Pedro da Silva Pinheiro (born 4 January 1988) is a Portuguese football referee who officiates in the Primeira Liga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2016, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee and Gazprom employee.
Refereeing ...
William Anderson William Anderson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* William Anderson (artist) (1757–1837), painter of marine and historical paintings
* William Anderson (theatre) (1868–1940), Australian stage entrepreneur
* William Anderson (1911–1986), ...
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim
Abdulrahman Ibrahim Al-Jassim ( ar, عبد الرحمن الجاسم; born 14 October 1987) is a Qatari football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2013.
Career
He was one of the referees for the 2017 FIFA U-20 ...
Fahad Al-Marri
Fahad Jaber Al-Marri (born 1986) is a Qatari professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA from 2012 to 2018.FIFA"Qatar: Referees" He refereed some matches in AFC Champions League
The AFC Champions League (abbrev ...
(2012–)
*
Khamis Al-Marri
Khamis Al-Marri (born 6 July 1984) is a Qatari football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA and AFC since 2010.
He is also officiates in the Qatar Stars League.
Career
Al-Marri was summoned for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qua ...
(2010–)
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Abdullah Balideh
Abdullah Dor Mohammad Balideh Baloushi (born 14 February 1970) is a Qatari football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA.
Balideh became a FIFA referee in 2005. He served as a referee in the 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup qu ...
(2005–)
*
Abdulrahman Abdou
Abdulrahman Mohammed Hussain ( ar, عبد الرحمن عبدو, born 1 October 1972) is a Qatar
Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occ ...
Sorin Corpodean Sorin may refer to any one of the following:
People
*Sorin (given name), a Romanian masculine name
*Edward Sorin (1814–1893), American priest, founder of the University of Notre Dame and St. Edwards University
* Herbert I. Sorin (1900–1994), Ne ...
Nicolae Rainea
Nicolae Rainea (19 November 1933 – 1 April 2015), nicknamed ''The Locomotive of the Carpathians'', was a Romanian football referee and player. Highly regarded throughout the world, he is considered one of the best whistles of his generation an ...
(1967–1984)
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Alexandru Tudor
Alexandru Dan Tudor (born 13 September 1971) is a retired Romanian football referee. He refereed his first match in the Romanian First Division on 15 May 1999, when he officiated a match between Universitatea Craiova and Universitatea Cluj. He ...
(2001–)
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Ovidiu Hațegan
Ovidiu Alin Hațegan (born 14 July 1980) is a Romanian professional football referee who officiates primarily in the Liga I and for FIFA as a FIFA international referee. He is ranked as a UEFA elite category referee.
Football career
Born in ...
Vladislav Bezborodov
Vladislav Yuryevich Bezborodov (russian: Владислав Юрьевич Безбородов; born 15 January 1973) is a Russian professional football referee and former footballer.
Playing career
Bezborodov played for Zenit St. Petersburg, ...
(2009–present)
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Valeri Butenko
Valeri Pavlovich Butenko (russian: Валерий Павлович Бутенко; 16 July 1941 – 13 February 2020) was a Russian football midfielder and referee, and a Master of Sports of the USSR, known for having acted as referee at one 1 ...
(1981–1991)
*
Igor Egorov
Igor Vyacheslavovich Egorov (russian: Игорь Вячеславович Егоров; born 4 November 1968) is a Russian football official and a former referee and player. He works as a team director with FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.
Refereeing ca ...
Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ( rus, Сергей Борисович Иванов, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of ...
Sergei Karasev
Sergei Gennadyevich Karasev (russian: Сергей Геннадьевич Карасёв; born 12 June 1979) is a Russian international referee.
Refereeing career
Karasev became a FIFA referee in 2010. He has refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup ...
Nikolay Latyshev
Nikolay Gavrilovich Latyshev (russian: Николай Гаврилович Латышев; November 22, 1913 – February 18, 1999) was the referee in the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final staged in Santiago between Brazil and Czechoslovakia.
He was the ...
(1952–1963)
*
Maksim Layushkin
Maksim Viktorovich Layushkin (russian: Максим Викторович Лаюшкин; born 22 August 1972) is a former Russian professional football player and referee.
Club career
As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet S ...
(2009–2013)
*
Kirill Levnikov
Kirill Nikolayevich Levnikov (russian: Кирилл Николаевич Левников; born 11 February 1984) is a Russian professional football referee and a former player.
He has been a FIFA referee since 2016.
His father Nikolai Levnikov ...
(2016–present)
*
Nikolai Levnikov
Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov (russian: Николай Владиславович Левников; born May 15, 1956, in Pinsk, Belarus) is a retired Russian football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1998 FIFA World C ...
Alexey Spirin
Alexey Nikolayevich Spirin (russian: Алексей Николаевич Спирин; born 4 January 1952, in Ruzayevka, Mordovian ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a former football referee from Russia. He refereed one match in the 1990 FIF ...
(1987–1992)
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Miroslav Stupar
Myroslav Ivanovych Stupar ( uk, Мирослав Іванович Ступар; russian: Мирослав Иванович Ступар; born August 27, 1941) is a Ukrainian retired footballer and football referee.
Career
As a player, he was a g ...
Igor Zakharov
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 L ...
Louis Hakizimana Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
Samuel Uwikunda
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transit ...
(2017–)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
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James Matthew
James Matthew was a 19th-century Scottish footballer who appeared in the Football League for Burnley and Accrington
Accrington is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England. It lies about east of Blackburn, west of Burnley, ea ...
Fallaj Al-Shanar
Fallaj Khuzam Al-Shanar ( ar, فلاج خزام الشنار) (born October 10, 1947) is a retired Saudi football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: M ...
Mohammed Al-Sharif
Mohammed Ali Al-Sharif (born 15 March 1983) is a Libyan futsal goalkeeper.
Al-Sharif played for the Libya national futsal team at the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Honors
National Team
* African Futsal Championship:
** 2008
* Arab Futsal C ...
(1996–2002)
*
Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid
Abdul Rahman Al-Zaid (born 11 January 1959) is a retired Saudi football referee. He is known for supervising two matches during the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primaril ...
Omer Al Mehannah
Omer Saleh Al Mehannah (born December 31, 1959) is a football referee from Saudi Arabia. He is known for having officiated the football tournament in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city o ...
Khalil Al Ghamdi
Khalil Ibrahim Jalal Al Ghamdi ( ar, خليل إبراهيم جلال الغامدي; born 2 September 1970) is a Saudi Arabian football referee. He is known for being a referee at the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. He has been a FIFA international referee s ...
Fahad Al-Mirdasi
Fahad Al-Mirdasi (born 16 August 1985) is a Saudi Arabian football referee who served as a full international for FIFA from 2011 to 2018, when he was banned for life for match fixing.
Refereeing career
Al-Mirdasi was one of the referees for t ...
Shukri Al-Hunfush
Shukri ( ar, شكري) ( tr, Şükrü), alternatively Shoukri, Shoukry, Shokri, Choukri, Choucri, Chokri etc., is an Arabic name for males/females meaning "thankful". It is the masculine active participle of the Arabic verb, شَكَرَ, meaning ...
Crawford Allan
Crawford Allan (born 16 May 1967) is a retired Scottish football referee. He was appointed Head of Referee Operations at the Scottish FA on the 13th January 2020.
Refereeing career
Allan, who began his refereeing career in the early nineties, ...
William Anderson William Anderson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* William Anderson (artist) (1757–1837), painter of marine and historical paintings
* William Anderson (theatre) (1868–1940), Australian stage entrepreneur
* William Anderson (1911–1986), ...
Jeff Banks
Jeff Banks PPCSD (born Jeffrey Tatham-Banks, 17 March 1943) is a Welsh fashion designer of men's and women's clothing, jewellery, and home furnishings. Born in Ebbw Vale, Wales, Banks co-founded the fashion chain Warehouse in the late 1970s. ...
Iain Brines
Iain Robertson Brines (born 22 July 1967) is a former Scottish football referee in the Scottish Premier League. Brines had been a referee since 1989 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2003;
(2003–2009)
*
Craig Charleston
Craig Charleston (born 8 May 1970) is a Scottish football referee.
References
External linksSoccerBase
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1970 births
Living people
Scottish football referees
Scottish Football League referees
Scottish Prem ...
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Kevin Clancy
Kevin Clancy (born 23 November 1983) is a Scottish football referee who has been on the international list of FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Footba ...
Kylie Cockburn
Kylie Margaret Cockburn (''née'' McMullan; born 1 December 1988) is a Scottish football match official who officiates generally in the role of assistant referee in the Scottish Professional Football League. She has also been appointed to m ...
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Willie Collum
William Sean Collum (born 18 January 1979) is a Scottish football referee.
Career
Collum officiated his first Scottish Football League match in November 2004, and his first SPL match in April 2006. He took charge of his first UEFA Champions ...
Barry Cook
Barry Cook (born August 12, 1958) is an American film director who has worked in the animated film industry since the 1980s. Cook and Tony Bancroft directed ''Mulan'' (1998), for which they won the 1998 Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. Cook ...
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Peter Craigmyle
Peter Craigmyle (1 January 1894 – 21 November 1979) was revered by many to be Scotland's greatest football referee of the 20th century. Born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the son of Peter William Craigmyle and Isabella Barclay Craigmy ...
Hugh Dallas
Hugh Dallas MBE (born 26 October 1957) is a Scottish former football referee. He officiated at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1998 and 2002; he was appointed fourth official for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final. Dallas also officiated at th ...
(1993–2002)
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Bobby Davidson
Robert Holley "Bobby" Davidson (19 July 1928 – 17 December 1993) was a Scottish Association football, football Referee (association football), referee who also operated for FIFA.
Career
He was Scotland's representative at the 1962 FIFA World ...
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David Dickinson
David Dickinson MBE (born David Gulesserian; 16 August 1941) is an English antiques dealer and television presenter. Between 2000 and 2004, Dickinson hosted the BBC One antiques show '' Bargain Hunt'', where he was succeeded by Tim Wonnacott. ...
Kevin Graham
Kevin Graham (born April 21, 1986 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian water polo player. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team finished 11th out of the 12 teams in the tourna ...
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Graham Grainger
Graham and Graeme may refer to:
People
* Graham (given name), an English-language given name
* Graham (surname), an English-language surname
* Graeme (surname), an English-language surname
* Graham (musician) (born 1979), Burmese singer
* Clan ...
Kenny Hope
Kenneth James "Kenny" Hope (6 July 1941 – 14 December 2021) was a football referee from Scotland. He officiated the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is referenced in Willie Miller
William Ferguson Miller MBE (born 2 May 1955) is a Scotti ...
Grant Irvine
Grant Irvine (born 17 March 1991) is an Australian butterfly swimmer. He was part of the 4 × 100 m medley team that won a bronze medal at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m). Two years later he won an individual silver in the 200 ...
Jim McCluskey
James McCluskey (1 November 1950 in Salsburgh – 14 November 2013) was a football referee from Scotland, who officiated in the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup and the final of UEFA Women's Euro 1991.
A former footballer in the early 1970s before b ...
Dougie McDonald
Douglas McDonald (born 8 October 1965) is a former FIFA International soccer referee and Scottish Category 1 referee.
McDonald is a Transportation planning, transport planner by profession, and currently is Director of Transport for Stantec in ...
Brian McGinlay
Brian McGinlay (born 24 August 1945) is a retired football referee from Scotland, who officiated in 98 European club competition and international matches.
Refereeing career
At the domestic level McGinlay has refereed 21 Old Firm derbies, during ...
(1977–1990)
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John McKendrick
John McKendrick (born 11 May 1969) is a Scottish football referee.
McKendrick is a senior lecturer in human geography at Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow Caledonian University ( gd, Oilthigh Chailleannach Ghlaschu, ), informally G ...
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Steven McLean
Steven McLean (born 1 April 1981) is a Scottish football referee. He became a FIFA referee in 2010 and was selected to officiate at the 2011 UEFA U17 European Championship.
In October 2011 McLean was in charge of a 2013 European Under-21 quali ...
Leslie Mottram
Leslie William Mottram (born 5 March 1951) is a Scottish retired football referee best known for supervising two matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States. Mottram also officiated at UEFA Euro 1996 in England, including the semifina ...
(1991–1996)
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Jack Mowat
John Alexander Mowat, (1 April 1908 – 12 March 1995) was a Scottish football referee who also operated for FIFA.
Career
Often listed on reports as 'J. A. Mowat, Burnside', he became a referee in his 30s having taken charge of matches while ...
Calum Murray
Calum Murray (born 7 July 1967) is a Scottish former football referee.
Murray started as a referee in 1991 and was admitted to the senior list six years later. He became a FIFA grade referee in 2005; as of 2013, however, he was no longer in ...
Morag Pirie
Morag Pirie (born 27 June 1975) is a Scottish association football referee. She is Scotland's first female FIFA referee, having been appointed to FIFA's Elite Development Level in 2012.
In August 2003 Pirie became the first woman to referee ...
Sandy Roy
Sandy may refer to:
People and fictional characters
*Sandy (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
* Sandy (surname), a list of people
*Sandy (singer), Brazilian singer and actress Sandy Leah Lima (born 1983)
*(Sandy) A ...
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Calum Scott
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Peter Stuart
Peter Stuart is an American singer-songwriter. Stuart is the founder and lead singer of the band Dog's Eye View, which is best known for its single, "Everything Falls Apart". In 2002, he released a solo album entitled ''Propeller''.
Biography
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David Syme
David Syme (2 October 1827 – 14 February 1908) was a Scottish-Australian newspaper proprietor of ''The Age'' and regarded as "the father of protection in Australia" who had immense influence in the Government of Victoria.C. E. Sayers,Syme, Da ...
Bobby Tait
Robert James Tait (born 4 October 1938) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played mainly in the Football League as an inside forward
Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who ...
Louis Thow Louis may refer to:
* Louis (coin)
* Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name
* Louis (surname)
* Louis (singer), Serbian singer
* HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy
See also
Derived or associated terms
* Lewis (d ...
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Mike Tumilty
Michael Tumilty (born 12 April 1971 in Hartlepool) is a Scottish former football referee, who officiated in the Scottish Premier League. English born Tumilty became a referee in November 1987 and achieved Category I status in 2003.John Underhill
* Bob Valentine
* Andrew Waddell
* Nick Walsh
* Lorraine Watson
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Tiny Wharton
Tom "Tiny" Wharton OBE (3 November 1927 in Glasgow – 9 May 2005 in Newton Mearns) was a Scottish football referee in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Known as ''Tiny'', due to his colossal 6'4" frame, he was one of the most iconic and respected ...
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Duncan Williams
Duncan Williams (born 17 April 1986) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays as a scrum-half and represents Cork Constitution in the All-Ireland League.
Munster
Williams made his Munster debut against Connacht in December 2009. He made his ...
Falla N'Doye
Falla N'Doye (born March 4, 1960) is a football referee from Senegal. He is known for refereeing one match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He has also been involved in the CAF Nations Cup, CAF Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup
The FIFA Club ...
Malang Diedhiou
Malang Diedhiou (born 30 April 1973) is a retired international football referee from Senegal. He has refereed matches in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. He was also a video assistan ...
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Maguette N'Diaye
Maguette Ndiaye (born 1 September 1986), is a Senegalese football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2011.
Career
Ndiaye was selected to be a referee at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. He previously officiated at the Club ...
(2011–)
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Issa Sy
Issa or ISSA may refer to:
Acronyms and abbreviations
*Independent Schools Sports Association, now known as the Sports Association for Adelaide Schools
*Information Systems Security Association
* Instituto Superior de Secretariado y Administracio ...
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*Đặng Thanh Hạ (2000–)
*Dương Văn Hiền (2002–)
*Võ Minh Trí (2001–2017)
*Phùng Đình Dũng (2008–)
*Định Văn Dũng (2013–)
*Nguyễn Đức Vũ (2013–)
*Nguyễn Hiền Triết (2015–)
*Ngô Duy Lân (2017-)
*Hoàng Ngọc Hà (2021–)
*Nguyễn Mạnh Hải (2022–)
Wales
Years for referees appointed before 1992 refer to their years on the English Football League List; years spent on the Welsh FIFA List and English Premier League List are added where applicable.
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*Ron Bridges 1978–1989: Welsh FIFA List 1977–1987
*Keith Burge 1986–1999: Premier League 1993–1999; Welsh FIFA list 1989–1995
*Leo Callaghan 1954–1971: Welsh FIFA List 1956–1970
*Keith Cooper 1982–1996: Premier League 1993–1996; Welsh FIFA list 1985–1993
*Haydn (referee), Haydn Davies 1965–1968
*Lee Evans (referee), Lee Evans
*Rodger Gifford 1984–1996: Premier League 1992–1995; Welsh FIFA list 1982–1993
*John Gow (referee), John Gow 1963–1978; FIFA List 1966–1978
*Iwan Griffith (referee), Iwan Griffith
*Mervyn Griffiths 1948–1959; Welsh FIFA List
*Huw Jones (referee), Huw Jones FIFA List 2005–2012
*Iorrie Jones 1966–1975: Welsh FIFA List 1972–1974
*Howard King (referee), Howard King 1980–1994: Welsh FIFA list 1980–1991
*John Lloyd (referee), John Lloyd 1985–1996: Premier League 1993–1994; Welsh FIFA List 1985–1993
*Bryn Markham-Jones (referee), Bryn Markham-Jones FIFA List 2013–
*Gwyn Owen 1977–1982: Welsh FIFA List 1980–1982
*Tom Reynolds (referee), Tom Reynolds 1968–1979: Welsh FIFA List 1971–1979
*Ceri Richards (referee), Ceri Richards FIFA List 1994–
*Francgon Roberts 1981–1990: Welsh FIFA List
*Clive Thomas (football), Clive Thomas 1966–1984: Welsh FIFA List 1968–1984
*Mark Whitby (referee), Mark Whitby FIFA List 2003–
Yemen
*Foud Al Gunaid (2001–)
*Khalaf Al Labany (2001–)
*Mukhtar Al Yarimi (2001–)
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