Yousef El-Ghoul
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Yousef Muhammad El Ghoul ( ar, يوسف محمد الغول) (June 1, 1936 – December 27, 1997) was a
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n football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1982 World Cup in
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, between the
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in Malaga. He was, and is still, the only Libyan to referee a match in
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1936 births Libyan football referees FIFA World Cup referees 1997 deaths 1982 FIFA World Cup referees {{Libya-footy-bio-stub