The Most Famous
REFEREES from Egypt
This page contains a list of the greatest Egyptian Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Referees, 2 of which were born in Egypt. This makes Egypt the birth place of the 21st most number of Referees behind Ecuador and Netherlands.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Egyptian Referees of all time. This list of famous Egyptian Referees is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Gamal Al-Ghandour (1957 - )
With an HPI of 45.98, Gamal Al-Ghandour is the most famous Egyptian Referee. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.
Gamal Mahmoud Ahmed El-Ghandour (Arabic: جمال محمود الغندور; born June 12, 1957) is a retired Egyptian referee.
2. Gehad Grisha (1976 - )
With an HPI of 33.34, Gehad Grisha is the 2nd most famous Egyptian Referee. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Gehad Zaglol Grisha (Arabic: جهاد زغلول جريشة; born 29 February 1976) is an Egyptian former football referee who refereed in the Egyptian Premier League from 2005 to 2021 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2008 to 2021. He refereed at five consecutive Africa Cup of Nations tournaments between 2012 and 2019, and also officiated at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Pantheon has 2 people classified as referees born between 1957 and 1976. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living referees include Gamal Al-Ghandour and Gehad Grisha.
