The International Football Association Board (FIFA) appointed the referee team for the World Cup in Qatar this year. Hungarian referee Istvan Kovacs, born in Nagykaroli, is also included in the list of 36, according to a report. FIFA website.
| Istvan Kovacs received another prestigious assignment (Photo: AFP) |
“As always, according to the standards we use, quality comes first and the judges selected represent the highest standards in the world” He said Pierluigi Colina, Chairman of the FIFA Referees Committee on the organization’s website.
On Thursday, FIFA announced on its website that it had selected 36 referees, 69 assistants and 24 video referees. Among the six referees, France’s Stephanie Frappart, Rwanda’s Salema Mukansanga and Japan’s Jamaceta Yosemi, while Brazil’s Noosa Pak, Mexico’s Karen Diaz Medina and America’s Katherine Nesbitt are among the assistants.
“They deserve to be there at the World Cup, because they consistently perform at a very high level” Colina said.
Also as a sports brand, Frappart participated as the first female referee at last year’s European Championships, and was the fourth official in the opening match. Frappart was the first woman to lead the Men’s First Division, Champions League clash, and World Cup qualifiers.
He is 37 years old Istvan Kovacs He was given another prestigious assignment, by including him in the World Cup referee squad. As is known, he will lead the European Conference League final next Wednesday.
Kovac has been an international referee since 2010 and this will be his first international cup final in his career. The Nagykaroli-born athlete has captained 10 caps this season. Recently, he participated in the first meeting of the Champions League semi-final between Manchester City and Real Madrid, after which the international audience unanimously praised his performance.
Kovac is a Romanian-Hungarian dual national who represents the Romanian Football Association in the framework of FIFA arbitration.
Our newspaper was able to reach the football referee, who, while pleased with the inquiry and congratulations, said that according to the established rules, the referees who were included in the team could not make a statement. However, he revealed a lot, it is a great honor for him and he is very proud to be among the referees working at the World Cup.
The players were selected in the toilet
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatari), Ivan Barton (Slovenia), Chris Beth (Australia), Raphael Klaus (Brazil), Matthew Conger (New Zealand), Ismail Al-Fateh (US), Mario Escobar (Guatemala), Stephanie Frappart (French) , Bakary Gassama (Gambian), Mostafa Djerbal (Algerian), Victor Gomez (South Africa), Istvan Kovacs (Romanian), Ma Ning (Chinese), Danny McClei (Dutch), Simon Marciniak (Polish), Said Martinez (Honduras), Antonio Matteo (Spain), Andrés Matías Matonte Cabrera (Uruguay), Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed (UAE), Salima Mukansanga (Rwanda), Maguette Ndiaye (Senegal), Michael Oliver (English), Daniele Orsato (Italian), Kevin Ortega (Peru), Cesar Arturo Ramos (Mexico), Fernando Rapallini (Argentina), Wilton Sampaio (Brazil), Daniel Seibert (Germany), Jani Sikazue (Zambia), Anthony Taylor (England), Facundo Tello (Argentina), Jesus Valenzuela ( Venezuelan), Slavko Vincic (Slovenia), Jamacita Josemi (Japan)
– FIFA notification (fifamedia) May 19, 2022
