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Hakan Anaz shares his Asian Cup 2019 experiences
Hakan Anaz is a referee instructor and assessor at the Asian Cup 2019. The 2014 World Cup assistant referee from Australia is now helping other referees to reach their top level. In this interview he shares his experiences during the 2019 tournament and looks at the future of refereeing in Asia. “I have no doubt that we have many world class referees in Asia who can easily referee a World Cup final in Qatar.” Asian Cup 2019 experiences How do you look back to the Asian Cup 2019? “First of all I would like to thank AFC for having the faith in inviting me to their flagship tournament, the…
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Life after refereeing: Edward Lennie from Australia
The third referee in ‘Life after refereeing’ is Edward Lennie from Australia. Edward Lennie was named referee of the year in the National Soccer League in Australia for several years. He also got the Medal of the Order of Australia. What do you do now for a living? “I am the Referee Development manager for referees in Western Australia, I am also an elite assessor and instructor for both AFC and FIFA. I retired in 2004 and took up assessing and instructing immediately first of all with OFC (Australia was still a member then) and later with AFC, when Australia joined in 2005.” How do you look back on your…
