2024-07-26 11:14:30
The new chairman of the AFFA Refereeing Committee has been determined.
As reported by İdman.biz, Belgian specialist Frank de Bleeckere has been appointed to this position.
At the last meeting of the AFFA Executive Committee, held on July 12, 2024, the issue of the Chairman of the Referee Committee was discussed. Taking into account the rich international experience and professional activities of one of the candidates, Belgian Frank de Bleeckere, a positive conclusion was given on him.
It became necessary to discuss some contractual conditions. Since an agreement was reached on these issues, a three-year contract was signed with the Belgian FIFA referee.
It should be noted that from July 28, Frank de Bleeckere Bleeckere will head the training camp for referees of the Premier League and the First League of Azerbaijan.
Here is some information about Frank de Bleecker:
Born 01.07.1966.
From 1998 to 2011, he was sent to international games as a FIFA referee.
Works as a UEFA referee inspector.
He is a coach of the UEFA CORE (UEFA Centre of Excellence) programme.
He is a mentor to talented UEFA referees.
He is a member of the UEFA Referee Development Commission.
He worked as Deputy Technical Director for Refereeing at the Belgian Football Association.
He was head of referee development at the Belgian Football Association.
Career
He began his career as a judge in 1984.
He refereed matches in the Belgian Premier League for 17 years (242 games in total).
He was chosen as Referee of the Year in Belgium seven times.
He was awarded the Golden Whistle award 6 times.
In 2009 he was voted the third best referee in the world.
In 2006 in Germany and in 2010 in South Africa he refereed the FIFA World Cup.
In 2004 in Portugal, in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland (including the semi-final match between Russia and Spain) he refereed UEFA European Championship matches.
In 2005, he directed the games of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, held in Peru.
Referee 47 UEFA Champions League games.
He took charge of the UEFA Champions League semi-finals three times (2006, 2010, 2011).
He took charge of the UEFA Europa League semi-final games three times (2007, 2008, 2009).
In 2009, he directed the final game of the UEFA Super Cup (Barcelona – Shakhtar Donetsk).
In 2009, he took charge of the FIFA U-21 World Cup games held in Egypt.
Referee of the Belgian Cup finals 3 times.
In 2011, he was awarded a special prize in Belgium for his successful career.
Worked as a referee inspector at EURO 2024.
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