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Tom Henning Øvrebø

1966 - Today

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Tom Henning Øvrebø (born 26 June 1966) is a Norwegian former football referee who has officiated matches in the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. He's been elected in UEFA's top category of Elite Referee. He is known for refreeing in multiple controversial matches including the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League semifinal between Chelsea FC and FC Barcelona which was later dubbed as the scandal of Stamford Bridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Henning Øvrebø has received more than 472,668 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tom Henning Øvrebø is the 26th most popular referee (down from 18th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from Norway (down from 270th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Referee.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Tom Henning Øvrebø ranks 26 out of 147. Before him are Sergio Gonella, Szymon Marciniak, Ravshan Irmatov, Byron Moreno, Gottfried Dienst, and Massimo Busacca. After him are Daniele Orsato, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Pedro Proença, Nikolay Latyshev, Frank De Bleeckere, and Ľuboš Micheľ.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Tom Henning Øvrebø ranks 171. Before him are Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, Jason Patric, Atsushi Sakurai, Miljenko Jergović, Abdul-Halim Sadulayev, and Ergin Ataman. After him are Najwa Karam, Dmitry Rybolovlev, Baja Mali Knindža, Franco Foda, Flemming Povlsen, and Suleyman Kerimov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Tom Henning Øvrebø ranks 295 out of 1,039. Before him are Molla Mallory (1884), Peder Balke (1804), Hans Jæger (1854), Eva Nansen (1858), Sigmund Ruud (1907), and Jens Hundseid (1883). After him are Knud Knudsen (1812), Petter Solberg (1974), Karoline Krüger (1970), Elise Ottesen-Jensen (1886), Asbjørn Ruud (1919), and Axel Thue (1863).

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Among REFEREES In Norway

Among referees born in Norway, Tom Henning Øvrebø ranks 1. After him are Svein Oddvar Moen (1979).

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