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    World Cup referee facts and statistics

    Referees in this World Cup are mild to the players according to the card stats. They’ve given 101 yellows and 9 reds after 29 matches. Remarkable is the low average of yellow cards (3.5 per match), especcially when you compare it with the average of 4.8 cards per match at the World Cup in Germany in 2006. I’ve tried to find some interesting referee facts (with the help of Fifa statistics). First the World Cup 2010 referee facts: Tallest referee Wolfgang Stark (Germany) with 191 cm Shortest referee Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) and Benito Archundia (Mexico), both 170 cm Average height 181,3 cm Longest international career Benito Archundia since 1993…