Jafar Namdar (2 July 1934 – 1 January 2014) was an Iranian football referee. [1]
Refereeing career
Namdar officiated as a referee at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups.
When he refereed Australia vs Chile at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Namdar became only the second Asian referee ( George Suppiah beat him by three days) to officiate as a referee at a FIFA World Cup. [2] In this match Namdar showed two yellow cards to Australian player Ray Richards without sending him off before showing a red card after being informed of his error by reserve official Clive Thomas. [3] [4] [5] He officiated as an assistant referee for the third place playoff between Brazil and Poland. [6]
Namdar refereed matches in the Football Tournaments at the 1972 ( USSR - Burma 1:0 and German Democratic Republic - Mexico 7:0 ) and 1976 Olympic Games ( France - Guatemala 4:1 ). [7] [8]
He was Chief of the Iranian Referees Committee from 1970 until 1978. [9] Namdar died on 1 January 2014 at the age of 79. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Veteran referee Namdar dies". Persianfootball.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
- ^ "Asia's glorious refereeing saga". Asian Football Confederation. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ Motson, John (2006). "Two Yellows Does Not Necessarily Equal A Red". Motson's World Cup Extravaganza. Robson. p. 133. ISBN 1-86105-936-1.
- ^ "Just the card". The Age. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ Ashdown, John; Dart, James; Smyth, Rob (5 July 2006). "World Cup Knowledge: part five". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "Match Report - Brazil - Poland". FIFA. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ "XXI. Olympiad Montreal 1976 Football Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
- ^ Mahjoob, Kaveh. "Men in Black – Referees in Iranian Football". footballmedia.net. Retrieved 30 December 2009.