Iranian football referee Faghani to officiate at 2018 FIFA World Cup
Iranian football referee Alireza Faghani will officiate at the 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup, which is scheduled to take place in Russia from June 14 to July 15 next year.
The 39-year-old Iranian is among the six Asian referees, who have been chosen to officiate at the quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA.
FIFA has selected 36 referees from 34 countries to officiate football matches at the 2018 World Cup.
On July 8, Faghani received the Golden Whistle prize for laudably performing official duties during the 16th edition of the Persian Gulf Pro League, formerly known as Iran Pro League (IPL).
He has been officiating in Persian Gulf Pro League for seven seasons and has been on the international list since 2008.
Faghani attended the Referee Seminar for 2018 FIFA World Cup, which ran between April 3 and 7 in the central Italian city of Florence. A total of 53 referees from across the world took part in the five-day seminar.
Last November, the AFC decorated him together with Iranian linesmen Reza Sokhandan and Mohammad Reza Mansouri with the AFC Referees Special Award 2016.
The trio received their award from the AFC Referees Committee Vice Chairman, Hany Taleb Ballan Safar, during the opening ceremony of the AFC Elite Referees and Assistant Referees Seminar in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur on November 20, 2016.
The men’s trio from the Islamic Republic of Iran officiated the final soccer match of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 21.
The hosts beat Germany 5-4 on penalties to win their first men's Olympic football gold medal.
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