1978 - Today
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alireza Faghani has received more than 321,874 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Alireza Faghani is the 70th most popular referee (down from 61st in 2019), the 404th most popular biography from Iran (down from 358th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Referee.
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Among referees, Alireza Faghani ranks 70 out of 107. Before him are Alberto Undiano Mallenco, Carlos del Cerro Grande, Danny Makkelie, Mark Clattenburg, Carlos Eugênio Simon, and Djamel Haimoudi. After him are Peter Fröjdfeldt, Mark Geiger, Felix Zwayer, Michael Hester, Bibiana Steinhaus, and Joel Aguilar.
1973 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 64
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.29
Rank: 65
1983 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 66
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 67
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 68
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.12
Rank: 69
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 70
1963 - Present
HPI: 37.42
Rank: 71
1974 - Present
HPI: 37.36
Rank: 72
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.25
Rank: 73
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.02
Rank: 74
1979 - Present
HPI: 36.85
Rank: 75
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.82
Rank: 76
Among people born in 1978, Alireza Faghani ranks 350. Before him are Tomas Danilevičius, Glennis Grace, Caroline Dhavernas, Kurt Nilsen, Amir Arison, and Mini Andén. After him are Céline Bara, Andriy Vorobey, David Krumholtz, Josie Maran, K'naan, and Teddy Park.
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.13
Rank: 344
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.10
Rank: 345
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.09
Rank: 346
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 347
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 348
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 349
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 350
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 351
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 352
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.92
Rank: 353
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.91
Rank: 354
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.87
Rank: 355
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.79
Rank: 356
Among people born in Iran, Alireza Faghani ranks 404 out of 528. Before him are Karim Bagheri (1974), Fatemeh Rahbar (1964), Ashkan Dejagah (1986), Iraj Danaeifard (1951), Yahya Golmohammadi (1971), and Jasmin Tabatabai (1967). After him are Laleh (1982), Mehdi Taremi (1992), Hossein Shahabi (1967), Masoud Shojaei (1984), Mohammad Reza Golzar (1977), and Saeed Jalili (1965).
1974 - Present
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 398
1964 - 2020
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 399
1986 - Present
HPI: 38.43
Rank: 400
1951 - 2018
HPI: 38.21
Rank: 401
1971 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 402
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.11
Rank: 403
1978 - Present
HPI: 37.98
Rank: 404
1982 - Present
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 405
1992 - Present
HPI: 37.66
Rank: 406
1967 - 2023
HPI: 37.63
Rank: 407
1984 - Present
HPI: 37.57
Rank: 408
1977 - Present
HPI: 37.52
Rank: 409
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.45
Rank: 410
Among referees born in Iran, Alireza Faghani ranks 1.