Iran’s Gelareh Nazemi Shortlisted for 2020 Best World Referee
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iranian woman referee Gelareh Nazemi has been shortlisted with nine other referees to receive the Best Referee in the World in 2020.
The Futsal Planet website, which introduces the nominees for receiving the best awards in the futsal world at the end of each year, has put the name of the Iranian among the top 10 nominees to receive the best referee award this year.
She is the first Iranian to officiate at a FIFA-run futsal tournament.
Nazemi has officiated the match between Dominican Republic and Cameroon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and 2019 Women's Futsal Cup in Portugal.
Nominees
(in strict alphabetical order!)
Fahad Badir Ali Mohamed Alhosani (United Arab Emirates) - AFC
Mohamed Hassan Hassan Ahmed Youssef (Egypt) - CAF
Khalid Hnich (Morocco) - CAF
Nikola Jelic (Croatia) - UEFA
Tomohiro Kozaki (Japan) - AFC
Daniel Matkovic (Switzerland) - UEFA
Gelareh Nazemi Deylami (IR Iran) - AFC
Valeria Nicole Palma Palma (Chile) - CONMEBOL
Daniel Fernando Rodriguez Bordon (Uruguay) - CONMEBOL
Irina Velikanova (Russia) - UEFA