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Pedro Proenca retires from refereeing
Pedro Proenca retires from refereeing. The Portugese referee confirmed his retirement during a press conference in the headquarters of the Portuges Football Federation (FPF). “I announce today the end of my career”, he told several media. His international career started in 2003 and Pedro Proenca retires at the age of 44. Based on FPF stats: Proenca officiated 466 games since 2000, including 104 games in international competitions. One of the highlights was the Champions League final (Chelsea versus Bayern Munich) and European Championship final (Spain versus Italy) both in 2012. Proenca was selected as referee of the century in Portugal in 2014, 100 years after the Portugese FA was founded.…
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Salary Premier League referee can be £100,000
What a difference: my match fee: £16,00 versus match fee of Premier League referee: £1.000. And that’s not it, they also get £65.000 (basic salary Premier League referee per year). The Premier League referees belong to the Select Group of referees. The National Group – Football League referees – earn about 380 pounds and work on a freelance basis, says Daily Mail. The newspaper has calculated that the Football League refs will make £17,480 when they officiate 46 games per season. In comparison, the average household income in the UK is £27,000, based on stats bythe Office for National Statistics. I see such a salary gap also in The Netherlands.…
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Go to RA meetings and learn from the speakers
The referee conference in Dublin I went to is something big. But you can also learn at a smaller level from other referees. So go to RA meetings and learn from the speakers. Referees World podcast This week I downloaded an app on my smartphone to open podcasts properly. I was way behind with Referees World podcast and heared now some interesting stories from local RA’s who offer a lot for referees. Check the podcasts they did with the Halifax RA or the one with Stockport RA. You can also subscribe on iPhone or Android (I use the app Podcast Addict). RA meeting Last week I also got in touch…
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Pepe fouls: no card in 2014/2015 season
What’s the first thing you think off when you hear the name of Real Madrid player Pepe? Probably the “Pepe fouls”, tackles with often a lot of excessive force. And then I saw this tweet: 1080 – Pepe is the player in La Liga this season to have played the most minutes without receiving a single card. Boss. — OptaJose (@OptaJose) January 2, 2015 That was even before the game against Valencia this weekend, where he even did not get a card. Pepe is the player in La Liga with most minutes without receiving a single card. Wonderful! Great play, Pepe! Keep it that way. Because the way you used…
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Referee age limit abolished soon by Fifa
The referee age limit will be abolished soon, announced the Fifa Executive Committee. Now international referees have to stop at the age of 45. Fifa regulations say that a referee “shall not have reached the age of 45 [born in 1967 or later]* on 1 January of the year for which they have been nominated”. Blatter announced the new measures after he heared he will be banned as IOC member when he turns 80. At a press conference the current Fifa president said that referees “shall be carefully evaluated”. “The executive committee approved the proposal from the referees committee”, a Fifa statement said, “that every FIFA referee over the age…
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Referee as Athlete of the Year
When can we expect it: a referee as Athlete of the Year in The Netherlands? Dutch sports organisation NOC*NSF will announces the male and female athletes of 2014 on December 12. All World, European and Olympic Champions are automatically nominated in The Netherlands. But when is a referee qualified to earn a nomination? Kuipers told when he heared about his CL final appointment: “Being on the pitch during the Champions League final is the highest achievement in football for players and also for referees.” Is only a World Cup final enough for such a prize? That’s what happened to Nicola Rizzoli who won was Athlete of the Year in Italy.…
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Deniz Aytekin and Mateu Lahoz promoted to Elite referees
Deniz Aytekin and Mateu Lahoz promoted to Elite referees by Uefa. The list is published by The 3rd Team. There are now 4 Spanish referees in the top group of Uefa: David Fernández Borbalán, Alberto Undiano Mallenco, Carlos Velasco Carballo and Antonio Mateu Lahoz. Deniz Aytekin joins the German official Felix Brych by the best European referees.
