Ravshan Irmatov
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| Full name | Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Irmatov | ||
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| Born |
August 9, 1977 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Other occupation | Teacher | ||
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2000– | Uzbek League | Referee | |
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2003– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Irmatov (Uzbek: Ravshan Sayfiddinovich Ermatov, Равшан Сайфиддинович Эрматов, Russian: Равша́н Сайфидди́нович Ирма́тов; born August 9, 1977) is an Uzbek professional football referee. He has officiated in the Uzbek League since 2000, as well as at international level since 2003.
Irmatov's father was also a referee, working in Soviet competitions. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2003. He is considered one of the elite referees in the world. He was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the group stage match between Gambia and Mexico, as well as the match between Chile and Congo.
He was named The Best Referee in Asia in four consecutive years (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014), and he was selected to officiate the final match of both the 2008 and 2011 FIFA Club World Cup.
Irmatov was selected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was in charge of the opening match between South Africa and Mexico on June 11. His appointment is the highest accolade so far for Asian referees in that year's World Cup. Irmatov equalled the record for number of matches in charge in a single FIFA World Cup when he took charge of the Netherlands-Uruguay semi-final. He took charge of the World Cup 2010 Group C Fixture, where England met Algeria in Cape Town – thus becoming the youngest official to take charge of an opening World Cup match since 1934 and the youngest referee of 2010 FIFA World Cup. Irmatov also officiated at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and was selected to referee the final between Australia and Japan.
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