Jafar Namdar

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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

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

  1. ^ a b "Veteran referee Namdar dies". Persianfootball.com. Retrieved 2014-01-04.
  2. ^ "Asia's glorious refereeing saga". Asian Football Confederation. 1 September 2009. Archived from the original on 6 January 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
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  4. ^ "Just the card". The Age. 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  5. ^ Ashdown, John; Dart, James; Smyth, Rob (5 July 2006). "World Cup Knowledge: part five". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Match Report - Brazil - Poland". FIFA. Archived from the original on October 18, 2007. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  7. ^ "XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  8. ^ "XXI. Olympiad Montreal 1976 Football Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
  9. ^ Mahjoob, Kaveh. "Men in Black – Referees in Iranian Football". footballmedia.net. Retrieved 30 December 2009.