Daniel Siebert (referee)

{{short description|German football referee}}

{{Other people||Daniel Siebert (disambiguation){{!}}Daniel Siebert}}

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{{Infobox football official

| name = Daniel Siebert

| image = Daniel Siebert (Fußballschiedsrichter) 3 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Siebert in 2018

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|5|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = East Berlin, East Germany

| death_date =

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| otheroccupation = Sports scientist

| years1 = 2007–

| league1 = DFB

| role1 = Referee

| years2 = 2009–

| league2 = 2. Bundesliga

| role2 = Referee

| years3 = 2012–

| league3 = Bundesliga

| role3 = Referee

| internationalyears1 = 2015–

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

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Daniel Siebert (born 4 May 1984) is a German football referee who is based in Berlin. He referees for FC Nordost Berlin of the Berlin Football Association. He is a FIFA referee, and is ranked as a UEFA elite category referee.

Refereeing career

Siebert, referee of the club FC Nordost Berlin, has been officiating since 1998. In 2007, he was appointed as a DFB referee. Siebert made his premiere in the 2. Bundesliga in 2009. He was appointed as a Bundesliga referee for the 2012–13 season, and made his first top-flight appearance in the match between Schalke 04 and FC Augsburg on 1 September 2012, issuing three yellow cards.

On 24 October 2014, it was announced Siebert would replace Wolfgang Stark as a FIFA referee in 2015.[https://www.dfb.de/news/detail/dfb-meldet-daniel-siebert-fuer-fifa-liste-108894/ DFB meldet Daniel Siebert für FIFA-Liste] This made Siebert the youngest of the ten German FIFA referees.{{cite news | url = http://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/sport/article134083175/Fuer-mich-geht-ein-Traum-in-Erfuellung.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141108013304/https://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/sport/article134083175/Fuer-mich-geht-ein-Traum-in-Erfuellung.html | archive-date = 8 November 2014 | title = Für mich geht ein Traum in Erfüllung | trans-title = A dream of mine is fulfilled | language = de | first = Jörn | last = Lange | newspaper = Berliner Morgenpost | date = 7 November 2014 }}

Siebert made his international debut on 29 May 2015 when he officiated the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification match between Portugal and Turkey. The first senior international match Siebert officiated was a friendly match between Luxembourg and Moldova on 9 June 2015.

Siebert has officiated 3 matches during the 2020 European Championship. He oversaw the Group D Scotland–Czech Republic fixture, the Group E Sweden–Slovakia match, and the Round of 16 game between Wales and Denmark.

He whistled 4 matches of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup such as the final match between Tunisia and Algeria.[https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/arabcup/arabcup2021/match-center/400175835]

Personal life

Siebert was born in Berlin, where he still lives. He works as a teacher part-time at a sports school in Berlin.

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