Christine Baitinger (born 2 March 1974 as Christine Beck) is a German football

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and former player. She played for women's Bundesliga team

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in the early 1990s before moving into officiating in 1999. Joining the local

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she refereed Men's football games as well as the 2001

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Final between 1. FFC Frankfurt and

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. Baitinger was appointed to the

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list of international referees in 2004 and her first assignment was the

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in Finland. She followed this with appearances at the

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in Russia. On 7 March 2007, she refereed the World Cup qualifier game between

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and

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, going on to also referee the first-leg of the

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between

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and

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. She was chosen as one of the referees to attend the

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in China and officiated in two games.

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