Daniel Bennett (referee)

{{Short description|English-born South African football referee}}

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| name = Daniel Bennett

| image =Daniel Bennett.jpg

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| fullname = Daniel Frazer Bennett

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|08|22|df=y}}

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| years1 =

| league1 = Premier Soccer League

| role1 = Referee

| internationalyears1 = 2003–2019

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

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Daniel Frazer Bennett (born 22 August 1976 in Dewsbury, England) is an English-born South African football referee. He was voted PSL Referee of the Season in 2000–01 and 2010–11{{cite web|url=http://www.thepsl.co.za/article.asp?id=419406 |title=PSL honours players |date=May 30, 2011 |publisher=Premier Soccer League |access-date=29 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426010803/http://www.thepsl.co.za/article.asp?id=419406 |archive-date=26 April 2012 }} and has been an international referee since 2003.

Career

Bennett is a teacher at Mondeor Primary School in Johannesburg.

=International=

Bennett missed the 2014 FIFA World Cup due to injury.{{cite web |title=Referee Bennet out of World Cup |url=https://www.supersport.com/football/south-africa/news/140611/Referee_Bennet_out_of_World_Cup |website=supersport.com/ |publisher=Supersport |access-date=2 July 2019 |date=11 June 2014}}

In June 2019, Bennett announced he would retire from international refereeing at the end of 2019.{{cite web |title=South African referee Daniel Bennett retires from international football |url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/south-african-referee-daniel-bennett-hangs-his-whistle-from/jrcqehkgjexg1n15ugkbwcp4l |website=goal.com/ |publisher=Goal |access-date=2 July 2019 |date=12 June 2019}}

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