[tps_header]If we talk about football and all the ladies would say 22 guys chasing after 1 ball. But they always miss out the 3 other guys, referee and linesmen. Those 3 other guys are also important in football games.
Today we will look at the top 10 of the football referees of all time :[/tps_header]
[tps_title]Viktor Kassai[/tps_title]
A Hungarian football referee who is always hunger for matches, especially in the international level. Selected to referee the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the group stage match between Brazil and Korea Republic, as well as the Argentina-Korea DPR match. His most controversial moment was UEFA Euro 2012 between England and Ukraine which at the 62nd minute Ukrainian striker Marko Devic’s effort on goal was hooked away by English defender John Terry, but TV replays showed that the ball had crossed the line.
[tps_title]Jorge Larrionda
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Born in Uruguay, he had officiated many international matches, especially the FIFA 2006 World Cup. He was best known for showing the most red cards and nicknamed as “Red Card Larrionda”.
[tps_title]Pedro Proença
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This Portuguese referee has many experience with world class matches including the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship. He became the first referee to overview both finals of the main European competitions for clubs and national teams in the same year. He had some great year such as Portuguese Referee of the Year 2006-2007.
[tps_title]Frank De Bleeckere
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A Belgian who has been a referee since 1984, he had been there, done that at world stage football matches such as UEFA Euro 2008 and FIFA World Cup 2002.
[tps_title]Felix Brych
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A German referee who is based in Munich, he has refereed both UEFA Euro Cup and UEFA Champions League. But surprisingly, he holds a Doctorate in Law!!
[tps_title]Ravshan Irmatov
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From the land of Uzbekistan, he has been FIFA’s full international referee since 2003. He was selected for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada. He also was the referee for FIFA World Club Championship on 2008 and 2011.
[tps_title]Bjorn Kuipers
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A Dutch football referee who was enlisted as FIFA referee since 2006, he had been to 2011 UEFA Super Cup, the 2013 UEFA Europa League Final, the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup Final and the 2014 UEFA Champions League Final.
[tps_title]Cüneyt Cakir
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Hail from Turkey, he made his debut in 2008-2009 UEFA Cup and also officiated the UEFA Champions League semifinal between FC Barcelona and Chelsea FC. He also was involved in the 2014 FIFA World Cup at Brazil.
[tps_title]Howard Webb
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An Englishman who is the all-time top referees by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, has been to all the international stages of football. In 2010, he became the first person to referee the finals of both the UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup in the same year.
[tps_title]Milorad Mazic
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And finally, our number 1 referee, from the country of Serbia, he has been a FIFA referee since 2009. He was selected for the FIFA World Cup 2014
