Zhang Lei (referee)

{{short description|Chinese football referee (born 1982)}}

{{family name hatnote|Zhang|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox football official

| name = Zhang Lei

| image = 张雷.png

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}

| birth_place = Dalian, Liaoning, China

| death_date =

| death_place =

| otheroccupation =

| years1 = 2010–2011; 2014–

| league1 = Chinese Super League

| role1 = Referee

| internationalyears1 = 2011; 2017–

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

}}

{{Infobox Chinese

|s=张雷

|t=張雷

|order=st

|p=Zhāng Léi

|mi={{IPAc-cmn|zh|ang|1|=|l|ei|2}}

}}

Zhang Lei ({{zh|s=张雷|p=Zhāng Léi}}; {{small|Mandarin pronunciation:}} {{IPAc-cmn|zh|ang|1|=|l|ei|2}}; born 1982) is a Chinese football referee. He is a full international referee for FIFA.FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070706050417/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=chn/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html "China PR: Referees"].

On 23 February 2019, it was announced that Zhang Lei had been hired by CFA to become one of the professional referees in China.{{cite news| title = 坚持根本遵循 深化足球改革 推动联赛发展——2019赛季中超、中甲联赛动员大会召开 | work = CFA.com | date = 23 February 2019 | access-date = 26 February 2019 | language = zh | url = http://www.thecfa.cn/zyls1/20190223/26375.html}}