Jochen Drees
Drees in 2009
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| Full name | Dr. Jochen Drees | ||
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| Born |
15 March 1970 Bad Kreuznach, West Germany |
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| Other occupation | Family physician | ||
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2001– | DFB | Referee | |
| 2003– | 2. Bundesliga | Referee | |
| 2005– | Bundesliga | Referee | |
Jochen Drees (born 15 March 1970) is a German football referee who is based in Münster-Sarmsheim. He referees for SV Blau Weiß Münster-Sarmsheim of the Southwest German Football Association.
Drees, referee for SV Blau Weiß Münster-Sarmsheim, has officiated on the DFB level since 2001. In 2003 he was appointed to officiate in the 2. Bundesliga. Drees became a Bundesliga referee at the start of the 2005–06 season, replacing the retired Torsten Koop. His first Bundesliga appearance was on 24 September 2005 in the match between VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt. He was chosen as a fourth official for the referee team led by Herbert Fandel for the 2006 DFB-Pokal final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich.
On 11 April 2008 Drees abandoned the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Nürnberg and VfL Wolfsburg due to heavy rain. It was the first Bundesliga match abandoned since 1976, and the first because of rain. It was only the sixth match abandoned in the history of the Bundesliga.
In 1989 Drees graduated from the Stefan-George-Gymnasium in Bingen am Rhein. From 1990 to 1997 he studied medicine at the University of Mainz. Since 2001 he has been in the practise of his father, who retired in 2003, working as a general practitioner. Drees currently lives in Münster-Sarmsheim.
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