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Menachem Ashkenazi ( he, מנחם אשכנזי) (6 August 1934 – 13 November 2000) was an Israeli international football referee, born in Bulgaria, active during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first
"World Cup 1978 qualifications"
Retrieved on 28 April 2013.
Menachem Ashkenazi ( he, מנחם אשכנזי) (6 August 1934 – 13 November 2000) was an Israeli international football referee, born in Bulgaria, active during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the first Asia
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n referee who officiated in a World Cup.
Biography
Born in 1934 in a Jewish Sephardic family in Bulgaria, in 1936 he emigrated with his parents toMandatory Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
. Since his childhood he played soccer and distinguished himself at 16 as a player in the youth football team of the club Hapoel Petah Tikva
Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C. ( he, הפועל פתח תקווה) is an Israeli football club based in the city of Petah Tikva, currently playing in the Liga Leumit.
Its most successful period was throughout the 1950s and 1960s, in which the club won ...
. But following a severe fracture of his leg, he had to stop his career as a football player.
Ashkenazi had a long career as a FIFA official, supervising international matches as a referee or linesman during the period from 1961 to 1986. He officiated in the final of the 1964 Olympic tournament (the only Israeli referee ever to do so) and also in the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He was in charge in one of the most memorable matches of that World Cup, Portugal
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's 5–3 win over North Korea
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in the quarterfinal.
His other international competitions as a referee included 1966 and 1978 World Cup qualifiers.RSSSF"World Cup 1978 qualifications"
Retrieved on 28 April 2013.
See also
*List of Jews in sports (non-players)
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References
1934 births 2000 deaths Israeli Sephardi Jews Bulgarian Jews in Israel Bulgarian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Israeli people of Bulgarian-Jewish descent Israeli football referees Olympic football referees FIFA World Cup referees 1966 FIFA World Cup referees {{Israel-footy-bio-stub