The Most Famous
REFEREES from Iran
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Referees of all time. This list of famous Iranian Referees is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Alireza Faghani (1978 - )
With an HPI of 37.98, Alireza Faghani is the most famous Iranian Referee. His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.
Alireza Faghani (Persian: عليرضا فغانى; born 21 March 1978) is an Iranian-Australian international football referee and former player, who has been on the international referees list for FIFA since 2008. Faghani has officiated in the Persian Gulf Pro League for several seasons until 2022, important matches such as the 2014 AFC Champions League final, the 2015 AFC Asian Cup final, the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup final, the 2016 Olympic football final match. He has refereed matches in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, 2018 FIFA World Cup, 2019 AFC Asian Cup, 2022 FIFA World Cup, and 2023 AFC Asian Cup. Faghani had migrated to Australia in September 2019, and now referees in the A-League Men, and as an Australian referee in international tournaments since 2023.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as referees born between 1978 and 1978. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living referees include Alireza Faghani.
