Full name | Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov | ||
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Born |
Pinsk, Soviet Union now Belarus | 15 May 1956||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1989–2001 | Russian Football Premier League | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
1990–2001 | FIFA-listed | Referee |
Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov ( Russian: Николай Владиславович Левников; born 15 May 1956 in Pinsk, Belarus) is a retired Russian football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. [1]
He is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1993 [2] to 2001. [3] Levnikov was active at numerous international tournaments. He refereed the Group D contest between Turkey and Denmark at the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship in England [4] and two matches in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia. [5] He also officiated in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship [6] and qualifiers for Euro 1996 [7] and Euro 2000, [8] in addition to 1998 [9] and 2002 World Cup qualifiers. [3]
His son Kirill Levnikov became FIFA referee in 2016.