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The Most Famous

REFEREES from Poland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Polish Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Referees, 1 of which were born in Poland. This makes Poland the birth place of the 38th most number of Referees behind Slovakia and Malaysia.

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

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1. Szymon Marciniak (1981 - )

With an HPI of 39.03, Szymon Marciniak is the most famous Polish Referee.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.

Szymon Marciniak (Polish: [ˈʂɨmɔn marˈt͡ɕiɲak]; born 7 January 1981) is a Polish football referee. He is considered one of the best rated international referees of his generation. He has refereed the 2022 FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France, the 2018 UEFA Super Cup between Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, and the 2023 UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan. In 2023 and 2024, he was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).

Pantheon has 1 people classified as referees born between 1981 and 1981. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living referees include Szymon Marciniak.

Living Referees

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