Jafar Namdar
Refereeing career
Namdar officiated as a referee at the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups.
When he refereed Australia vs Chile at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Namdar became only the second Asian referee (George Suppiah beat him by three days) to officiate as a referee at a FIFA World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/referees-in-focus/25179-asias-glorious-refereeing-saga-|title=Asia's glorious refereeing saga|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|access-date=30 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106235812/http://www.the-afc.com/en/referees-in-focus/25179-asias-glorious-refereeing-saga-|archive-date=6 January 2013}} In this match Namdar showed two yellow cards to Australian player Ray Richards without sending him off before showing a red card after being informed of his error by reserve official Clive Thomas.{{cite book|last=Motson|first=John|title=Motson's World Cup Extravaganza|publisher=Robson|year=2006|page=133|chapter=Two Yellows Does Not Necessarily Equal A Red|isbn=1-86105-936-1}}{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer-world-cup-2006/basking-in-cup-glory-again/2006/07/06/1152175721722.html|title=Just the card|date=7 July 2006|publisher=The Age|access-date=30 December 2009|archive-date=4 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104120046/http://www.theage.com.au/news/soccer-world-cup-2006/basking-in-cup-glory-again/2006/07/06/1152175721722.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jul/05/worldcup2006.sport1|title=World Cup Knowledge: part five|last=Ashdown|first=John|author2=Dart, James |author3=Smyth, Rob |date=5 July 2006|work=The Guardian|access-date=30 December 2009}} He officiated as an assistant referee for the third place playoff between Brazil and Poland.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=39/results/matches/match=1984/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018145523/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=39/results/matches/match=1984/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2007|title=Match Report - Brazil - Poland|publisher=FIFA|access-date=30 December 2009}}
Namdar refereed matches in the Football Tournaments at the 1972 ( USSR - Burma 1:0 and German Democratic Republic - Mexico 7:0 ) and 1976 Olympic Games ( France - Guatemala 4:1 ).{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1972f-det.html|title=XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament|website=RSSSF|access-date=30 December 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1976f-det.html|title=XXI. Olympiad Montreal 1976 Football Tournament|website=RSSSF|access-date=30 December 2009}}
He was Chief of the Iranian Referees Committee from 1970 until 1978.{{cite web|url=http://www.footballmedia.net/articles.asp?id=1015|title=Men in Black – Referees in Iranian Football|last=Mahjoob|first=Kaveh |publisher=footballmedia.net|access-date=30 December 2009}} Namdar died on 1 January 2014 at the age of 79.{{cite web|url=http://www.persianfootball.com/news/2014/01/03/veteran-referee-namdar-dies/ |title=Veteran referee Namdar dies |publisher=Persianfootball.com |access-date=2014-01-04}}
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