The Most Famous

REFEREES from Mali

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This page contains a list of the greatest Malian Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 147 Referees, 1 of which were born in Mali. This makes Mali the birth place of the 45th most number of Referees behind El Salvador, and United Arab Emirates.

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

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1. Koman Coulibaly (b. 1970)

With an HPI of 41.15, Koman Coulibaly is the most famous Malian Referee.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.

Koman Coulibaly (born 4 July 1970) is a Malian football referee. He has been a full international referee for FIFA since 1999 and officiated his first international match on 19 April 2000, between Mali and Burkina Faso. Coulibaly is one of Mali's most experienced officials, having been selected for five Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Outside of Africa, he is best known for controversially disallowing a goal in the 2010 World Cup match between the United States and Slovenia.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Malian referees born between 1970 and 1970. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Malian referees include Koman Coulibaly.

Living Malian Referees

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