Milorad Mažić
|
2017 Confederations Cup Final | |||
| Full name | Milorad Mažić | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
23 March 1973 Titov Vrbas, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2006–2020 | SuperLiga | Referee | |
| 2009–2012 | Liga I | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2009-2019 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
| 2013–2020 | UEFA Elite | Referee | |
Milorad Mažić (
Refereeing career
During the summer of 2006 Mažić was selected to referee the Serbian SuperLiga matches for the upcoming 2006–07 season.
In 2008, Mažić refereed for the first time the Eternal derby between Belgrade football clubs Red Star Belgrade and FK Partizan; throughout the years, he achieved the absolute record (both in former Yugoslav and Serbian football history), refereeing 13 matches between Belgrade's "eternal rivals".[citation needed]
His first international appearance happened in March 2009 at the
In October 2009 he refereed his first international senior match — a 2010 World Cup qualifier between Finland and Wales in Helsinki. The same season also saw him referee a Romanian Liga I match between FC Politehnica Timișoara and Dinamo București on 23 November 2009.[citation needed]
In the
In early April 2014, Mažić was selected as the referee of the Champions League quarter-final first leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea at Parc des Princes. A month later, he refereed a Europa League semi-final match, the return leg between Valencia and Sevilla at Mestalla.[citation needed]
2014 World Cup
Mažić refereed the Germany vs. Portugal group stage match in Salvador da Bahia. In the 11th minute of the contest, he awarded a penalty shot to Germany,[2][3] and later, in the 37th minute with Germany now up 2–0, Mažić showed red card to Portugal's Pepe.[4][5] In the next game, Mažić refereed the Argentina vs. Iran group stage match in Belo Horizonte.[6] After the game, Iranian manager Carlos Queiroz, unsatisfied with the referee, was quoted saying: "Will this man be able to sleep tonight? Or for the rest of his life?".[7]
2014–2016
Having refereed the
In July 2015 Mažić got hired by the
Euro 2016
UEFA Referees Committee appointed the Serbian referee team, led by Mažić, to run matches at the
During the tournament, Mažić also worked as a fourth official twice, at the
2016–2018
At the beginning of the
Mažić refereed the
On 26 May 2018, Mažić and his assistants Milovan Ristić and
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2018 FIFA World Cup
On 29 March 2018, FIFA announced that he will officiate some matches at 2018 FIFA World Cup along with Ristić and Đurđević as assistant referees.[17]
The Serbian team officiated three matches. The first match was between South Korea and Mexico in Rostov-on-Don on 23 June. After that they were appointed to referee the match between Senegal and Colombia in Samara on 28 June. At the next phase, the Serbian team was appointed to officiate quarter-final match between Brazil and Belgium in Kazan on 6 July. Mažić was once the fourth official at the tournament.
Mažić was successful in all three of his matches.
China
On 23 February 2019, it was announced that Mažić had been hired by CFA to become one of the professional referees in China. The same year he would be selected as the best referee of the Chinese Super League and thus become the first foreigner to win that recognition.[21]
References
- ^ "Milorad Mažić vodi 156. "večiti derbi"!". MONDOBA. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Kelly, Cathal (16 June 2014). "Germany embarrasses flailing Portugal with ease". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Thoughts on the Referees: Day Five". 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Pepe Red Card Hotter on Twitter Than Lionel Messi's Goal". Indo-Asian News Service. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Pepe's red card: The world responds ..." ESPN FC. 16 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ FIFA.com. "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil - Matches - Argentina-Iran". Archived from the original on 7 June 2014.
- ^ Forjanes, Carlos (26 May 2018). "Mazic, the referee who left Cristiano raging at the World Cup". Diario AS. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ ""Milorad Mazic to referee derby at Calderón" 12 April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2015". 12 April 2015.
- ^ Canning, Kieran (14 April 2015). "Suarez risks hot water over Serbian slur". Agence France-Presse.
- ^ Conn, Tom (15 April 2015). ""Mario Suarez: A Serbian referee shouldn't be in charge of these matches"". Inside Spanish Football. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015.
- ^ "RELIVE: Ahly v Zamalek (Egyptian Premier League) – Egyptian Football – Sports – Ahram Online". english.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ ""Mažić sudi veliki derbi Egipta". B92. 20 July 2015". B92.net. 20 July 2015.
- ^ "Thoughts on the Referees: Day Five". Day Five. 16 June 2014.
- ^ "Milorad Mažić to referee UEFA Super Cup". uefa.com. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "Germany survive Chile onslaught to win Confederations Cup". Reuters. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "MAŽIĆ BEZ GREŠKE: Srpske sudije odradile sjajan posao u finalu Lige šampiona". Večernje novosti. 26 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
- ^ "List of Match Officials at 2018 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). fifa.com. 29 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ "KEITH HACKETT on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "KEITH HACKETT on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "John Paul Motta on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "坚持根本遵循 深化足球改革 推动联赛发展——2019赛季中超、中甲联赛动员大会召开". CFA.com (in Chinese). 23 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
