Iran’s Gelareh Nazemi Shortlisted for 2020 Best World Referee


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

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