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REFEREES from Curaçao

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This page contains a list of the greatest Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Referees, 1 of which were born in Curaçao. This makes Curaçao the birth place of the 41st most number of Referees behind Bahrain and Zambia.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Referees of all time. This list of famous Referees is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Danny Makkelie (1983 - )

With an HPI of 38.15, Danny Makkelie is the most famous Referee.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Danny Desmond Makkelie (born 28 January 1983) is a Dutch professional football referee. Besides refereeing he works as a police inspector in Rotterdam and as a referee coach for the Royal Dutch Football Association. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2011.

Pantheon has 1 people classified as referees born between 1983 and 1983. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living referees include Danny Makkelie. As of April 2022, 1 new referees have been added to Pantheon including Danny Makkelie.

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Newly Added Referees (2022)

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