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Said Belqola

1956 - 2002

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Said Belqola (Arabic: سعيد بلقولة; August 30, 1956 – June 15, 2002) was a Moroccan Association football referee, best known for officiating the 1998 FIFA World Cup final between Brazil and France, being the first African referee to officiate a World Cup final. Belqola's international career began when he was appointed to the international list in 1993, going on to referee the match between France and England at the Tournoi de France in 1997. He was also among the referees at the final tournaments of the Africa Cup of Nations in 1996 and 1998, officiating two matches at each tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Said Belqola has received more than 93,563 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Said Belqola is the 16th most popular referee (down from 9th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Morocco (down from 80th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Referee.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Said Belqola ranks 16 out of 147. Before him are Nicolae Rainea, Jack Taylor, Björn Kuipers, Howard Webb, Roberto Rosetti, and Nicola Rizzoli. After him are Gamal Al-Ghandour, Viktor Kassai, Maurice Guigue, Sergio Gonella, Szymon Marciniak, and Ravshan Irmatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Said Belqola ranks 209. Before him are Elizabeth Strout, Corina Casanova, Val Valentino, Alan Ruck, Gary Cole, and Antonio Muñoz Molina. After him are Mark Rolston, Peter R. de Vries, Ann Dowd, Mae Jemison, Sunny Deol, and Marie Colvin. Among people deceased in 2002, Said Belqola ranks 177. Before him are Francisco Coloane, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, R. M. Hare, Nils Bohlin, Kakhi Asatiani, and Irán Eory. After him are Rudolf Augstein, Gabrielle Wittkop, Morihiro Saito, Richard Helms, Abdel Rahman Badawi, and Marcel Kint.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Said Belqola ranks 94 out of 264. Before him are Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929), Nawal El Moutawakel (1962), Mohammed Karim Lamrani (1919), Aryeh Deri (1959), Abu Sa'id Uthman II (1275), and Muhammad ibn Idris (null). After him are Ahmed Rami (1946), Eva Illouz (1961), Touria Chaoui (1936), Malika Oufkir (1953), Abderrahmane Mahjoub (1929), and Abdelmajid Dolmy (1953).

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Among REFEREES In Morocco

Among referees born in Morocco, Said Belqola ranks 1. After him are Ismail Elfath (1982).

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