Referees Top 10 all time

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Born

1977-09-08

Intl. since

2003-01-01

Hometown

Tashkent

Country

Uzbekistan

Speaks

russian, uzbek, english

Occupation

football school instuctor

Hobbies

tennis

 

Matches Bio Did you know? Palmares

World Cup hero

2012-04-16 Ravshan Irmatov has been very busy in 2009 and 2010, officiating at youth tournaments, qualifiers, the AFC Champions League and the World Cup
2010
Ravshan Irmatov took charge of the first match of the World Cup finals, quite an honour. He did well and got 5 matches in all, including a quarter and a semi-final. Please go to "matches" and click on the matches, the Worldreferee reporters were quite enthusiastic about his performance.
finals
Irmatov whistled the final of the 2008 Club World Cup LDU Quito - Manchester United in (as always) Japan. He showed a direct red to Man U's Vidic.
The 2011 Asia Cup final between Australie and Japan.
future
There won't be important tournaments without him for a while: Irmatov is selected for the 2012 Olympic Tournament and his name is on the list of 52 for the 2014 World Cup
AFC ref of the year

Referees Top 10 all time

Number 1: Howard Webb

The career of UEFA Elite Category referee Howard Webb hasn't gone that smoothly, still it didn't take him long to reach the top. And the top was in 2010 with not only the CL final but also the final of the World Cup.

Number 2: Frank de Bleeckere

A third generation referee, Belgian Frank de Bleeckere started as a football player, but too often injured he decided to change his career. Belgian's World Cup record holder with 7 matches had to retire at the end of 2011 because of the age limit.

Number 3: Jorge Larrionda

This referee, full name Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafiesa, was born 9 March 1968. Jorge was a football player himself, as striker he made it into the sixth division. As referee he made his debut in the first division in 1993 and was an international referee since 1998. He was seen by many as the very best referee in South America.
Larrionda retired at the end of 2011.

Number 4: Cüneyt Cakir

"My goal is the World Cup", he once stated, and why not. For starters he officiated a qualifier for the UEFA Cup and one for Euro 2008 in 2007.
He moved up to 'UEFA premier development category referee' at the start of 2010 and to Elite in June 2011.

Number 5: Ravshan Irmatov

Ravshan Irmatov has been very busy in 2009 and 2010, officiating at youth tournaments, qualifiers, the AFC Champions League and the World Cup

Number 6: Felix Brych

It's doctor Felix Brych. The German referee is a doctor in law. His paper was about sports. Brych was promoted to the elite category at the start of season 2009-2010

Number 7: Viktor Kassai

This Hungarian referee debuted in the first league in 1999 He received his FIFA badge in 2003 and immediately started refereeing UEFA Cup matches. Kassai is an UEFA Elite Category referee.

Number 8: Milorad Mazic

Milorad Mazic became FIFA referee in 2009. He is a UEFA Elite Development Category ref after having been a Category 1 referee for two years. Presently busy taking charge of matches in the Europa League but expected to go to the Champions League soon.

Number 9: Bjorn Kuipers

As a son of a referee Bjorn Kuipers decided early in his life to become a referee as well.

Number 10: Pedro Proença

His full name is Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia. In the First division since 1998, international since 2003. Already a year later he officiated the final in the Euro u19.
Always one step behind Olegario Benquerenca until 2012. That was his year: he got the CL final, was selected for the European Championship and got that final as well.

Bummer! Just outside our top 10: Wolfgang Stark

Bank employee Wolgang Stark from Bavaria already knew he wanted to become a referee when he was 14. In 1994 he reached the highest level in Germany, and in 1999 he got his FIFA license, at almost 30.
He is a UEFA Elite Category referee                                                                                   .http://worldreferee.com/site/referees.php