Orel Grinfeld (; born 21 August 1981) is an Israeli
football
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referee
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. He has been on the
FIFA
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list of international referees since 2012, and took charge of his first international matches in March that year, officiating in two Group 1 matches in the
2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship elite round. He has since gone on to referee senior matches, making his debut in the
UEFA Europa League
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group stage in
2015–16. He made his
UEFA Champions League
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debut in a
2018–19 group stage game between
Real Madrid
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and
Viktoria Plzeň
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Places
* FK Viktoria Stadion, stadium of Viktoria Žižkov
* Viktoria-Luise-Platz, building in Berlin
* Viktoriastadt, now known as Victor ...
. In 2019–20 season, he became the first Israeli referee to officiate a game in the UEFA Champions League knockout stage, in a last 16 game between
Lazio
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and
Bayern Munich
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.
UEFA Euro 2020
This was Grinfeld's first appearance at a major tournament.
Grinfeld refereed the
Netherlands–Austria (
Group C
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It was designed to replace both Group 5 (motorspor ...
) match.
See also
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List of football referees
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*
List of Jews in sports (non-players)
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References
External links
Profileat WorldReferee.com
1981 births
Living people
Israeli football referees
UEFA Euro 2020 referees
People from Kiryat Yam
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