Turki Mohammed Al-Khudayr (; born in 1980) is a Saudi Arabian

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referee. He has refereed in the

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since 2009 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2014. He refereed at the

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and also refereed the 2015 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final.

Career

On 17 March 2015, he was summoned to the

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match in

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during the match between

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and

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. On 16 December 2019, after the match between

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clubs

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and

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(which Mumbai City FC won 3–2 against Bengaluru), Mumbai City FC coach,

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of Portugal, has launched an allegation against Al-Khudayr for calling a Mumbai City FC player

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, of Gabon, with racist slurs as a “monkey” in Al-Khudayr's perspective of Anguoue making “disrespectful gestures”. On 17 December 2019, the allegations were reported to the

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, and the federation will launch an investigation against Al-Khudayr. "The AIFF follows a zero toleration policy against racism and the complaint has been forwarded to the Disciplinary Committee to investigate into the matter and take appropriate action if found guilty," the AIFF stated.

References

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