Mohamed Abdelkarim Mohamed Ismail Al Zarouni (

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: محمد عبدالكريم محمد إسماعيل الزرعوني; born 6 February 1972) is an Emirati

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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 has been a full international referee for

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. Al Zarouni became a FIFA referee in 2002. He has served as a referee in competitions including the AFC Champions League and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the match between

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

and

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

"Match Report - Bahrain - Qatar 0:0"
2 September 2011. Retrieved on 25 April 2013.

References

1972 births Living people Emirati football referees {{UnitedArabEmirates-footy-bio-stub