Suhaimi Mat Hassan (born 24 June 1976 in FELDA Mempaga,

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) is a

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professional

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. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2010. He refereed in five editions of

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, namely Italy 2011, Tahiti 2013, Portugal 2015, Paraguay 2019, and Russia 2021. For the 2021 editions, he refereed the final between

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and

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1976 births Living people Malaysian football referees People from Pahang {{Malaysia-footy-bio-stub