Jafar Namdar (2 July 1934 – 1 January 2014) was an Iranian

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Refereeing career

Namdar officiated as a referee at the

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FIFA World Cups. When he refereed

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vs Chile at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Namdar became only the second Asian referee ( George Suppiah beat him by three days) to officiate as a referee at a FIFA World Cup. In this match Namdar showed two yellow cards to Australian player Ray Richards without sending him off before showing a red card after being informed of his error by reserve official

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for the third place playoff between Brazil and Poland. Namdar refereed matches in the Football Tournaments at the

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( USSR - Burma 1:0 and German Democratic Republic - Mexico 7:0 ) and

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Olympic Games ( France - Guatemala 4:1 ). He was Chief of the Iranian Referees Committee from 1970 until 1978. Namdar died on 1 January 2014 at the age of 79.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Namdar, Jafar 1934 births 2014 deaths Iranian footballers Iranian football referees FIFA World Cup referees Shahin FC players 1978 FIFA World Cup referees 1974 FIFA World Cup referees Footballers at the 1958 Asian Games Olympic football referees Association footballers not categorized by position Asian Games competitors for Iran