The new chairman of the AFFA Judges Committee has been determined.
Per Idman.biz, Belgian specialist Frank De Bleeckere has been appointed to this post.
At the last meeting of the AFFA Executive Committee held on July 12, 2024, the issue of the chairman of the Judges Committee was discussed, taking into account the rich international experience and professional activity of one of the candidates, Belgian Frank De Bleeckere, a positive opinion was given.
There was a need to discuss some terms of the contract. Since an agreement was reached on those issues, a 3-year contract was signed with the Belgian FIFA referee.
Frank De Bleeckere will lead the training camp of Azerbaijan Premier League and I League referees from July 28.
Some important information about Frank De Bleeckere:
Was born on 01.07.1966.
Assigned to international games as a FIFA referee In 1998-2011.
Referee-Inspector at UEFA.
UEFA CORE Program (UEFA Center of Excellence) Trainer.
Mentor of Talented referees of UEFA.
Member of UEFA's Referee Development Commission.
Deputy Technical Director for Referees of the Belgian Football Association.
Head of the referee development department at the Belgian Football Association.
CAREER
Referee since 1984
Arbitrating games in the Belgian High League (242 games in total) for 17 years)
Chosen as the judge of the year in Belgium 7 times
Awarded with the Golden Whistle 6 times
Chosen as the third best judge in the world in 2009
Arbitrating FIFA world championships in Germany (2010), in South Africa (2006)
In 2004 in Portugal, in 2008 in Austria and Switzerland (including the semi-final match between Russia and Spain), he refereed the matches of the UEFA European championships
In 2005, he managed the games of the U17 FIFA World Cup held in Peru
He refereed 47 games of the UEFA Champions League
He managed the semi-final games of the UEFA Champions League 3 times (2006, 2010, 2011)
He managed the semi-final games of the UEFA Europa League 3 times (2007, 2008, 2009)
He managed the final game of the UEFA Super Cup (Barcelona - Shakhtar Donetsk) in 2009.
Managed the games of the U-21 FIFA World Cup held in Egypt.
He managed the final game of the Belgian Cup 3 times In 2009.
Awarded with a special award in Belgium in 2011 for his successful career
He worked as a referee-inspector at EURO-2024
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