Rajindraparsad Seechurn (born 3 June 1970) is a
Mauritian
Mauritians (singular Mauritian; french: Mauricien; Creole: ''Morisien'') are nationals or natives of the Republic of Mauritius and their descendants. Mauritius is a multi-ethnic society, with notable groups of people of South Asian (notably ...
football referee. He started his career in 1996 and reached the first grade for referees in 2001. He is an international referee and has taken charge of matches for the African Federation since 2004. He refereed at the
2010,
2012
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,
2013
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and
2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Career
In January 2015, while refereeing the quarter-final match at the
Africa Cup of Nations, between host nation
Equatorial Guinea and
Tunisia
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, he awarded a
penalty
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to the host nation in injury time, which
Javier Balboa
Javier Ángel Balboa Osa (born 13 May 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger, most notably for Real Madrid and Benfica.
After emerging at Real Madrid's youth system, he could never establish himself in its first t ...
converted to cancel out
Ahmed Akaïchi
Ahmed Akaïchi ( ar, أحمد العكايشي; born 23 February 1989) is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a striker.
Club career
Akaïchi was born in Bizerte, Tunisia. Prior to the 2009–10 season, he played up front for Étoi ...
's 70th-minute goal. Balboa then scored a free-kick in the 102nd minute for an unlikely host nation win.
As the hosts celebrated, fights started between the rival players and Seechurn was attacked by furious Tunisian players as he was sped from the field by security officials.
In February 2015, he was banned for six months for his "poor performance" at the tournament. CAF added that the referee's failings included an "unacceptable failure to maintain calm and ensure proper control of the players during the match". Tunisian federation was fined $50,000 (£33,000) and CAF seek an apology from Tunisia for accusations of bias.
References
External links
Information at FIFA.com
1970 births
Mauritian people of Indian descent
Mauritian football referees
Living people
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