Turkish referee Doğan Babacan’s first red card of the World Cup

Uzbek referee Ravshan Irmatov became the most refereed World Cup referee, managing 11 matches, 5 in 2010, 4 in 2014 and 2 in 2018, in World Cup history.

Argentine Néstor Pitana ranked second in this field, playing 9 matches in 2014 (4) and 2018 (5). These two names were followed by the Frenchman Joel Quiniou and the Mexican Benito Archundia with eight games each.

THE FIRST RED CARD OF BABACAN IS BORN

Mexican Arturo Brizio Carter is the referee who showed the most red cards in World Cup history. Carter took office in 1994 USA and 1998 France and asked for his red card 7 times. The Mexican referee red-carded him 3 times in the USA and 4 times in France.

Turkish referee Doğan Babacan showed the first red card of the World Cup organization at the 1974 World Cup. Doğan Babacan, who officiated the match between West Germany and Chile in the first group match of the World Cup in 1974, he became the referee who showed the first red card in FIFA World Cup history with the red card shown to Chilean footballer Carlos Caszely.

THE YOUNGEST AT 24 YEARS OLD

Among the referees who have been officiating matches since the start of the World Cups, the youngest 24-year-old and the oldest 53-year-old had this opportunity.

The Spanish Juan Gardeazabal, who at just 24 years and 193 days, took charge of Sweden in 1958 and made history as the youngest referee to whistle at a World Cup.

The oldest World Cup referee was England’s George Reader, who took over in 1950 from Brazil. Reader was 236 days old at the age of 53 when he served in the 1950 World Cup.

REFEREES IN THE THREE WORLD CUP

In the World Cup, referees could participate in a maximum of 3 organizations.

The referees who whistle at the three World Cups are:

• John Langenus (Belgium) 1930, 34, 38
• Ivan Eklind (Sweden) 1934, 38, 50
• Benjamin Griffiths (Wales) 1950, 54, 58
• Arthur Ellis (England) 1950, 54, 58
• Istvan Zsolt (Hungary) 1954, 58, 66
• Juan Gardeazabal (Spain) 1958, 62, 66
• Arturo Yamasaki (Peru) 1962, 66, 70
• Bobby Davidson (Scotland) 1962, 70, 74
• Kurt Tschenscher (West Germany) 1966, 70, 74
• Ramon Barreto (Uruguay) 1970, 74, 78
• Abraham Klein (Israel) 1970, 78, 82
• Nicolae Rainea (Romania) 1974, 78, 82
• Erik Fredrickson (Sweden) 1982, 86, 90
• Jamal Al-Sharif (Syria) 1986, 90, 94
• Joel Quiniou (France) 1986, 90, 94
• Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (United Arab Emirates) 1994, 98, 2002
• Oscar Ruiz (Colombia) 2002, 06, 10
• Carlos Simon (Brazil) 2002, 06, 10
• Marco Rodriguez (Mexico) 2006, 10, 14
• Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) 2010, 14, 18

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