Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov

Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov (Russian Валентин Валентинович Иванов; born June 4, 1961 in Moscow ) is a Russian FIFA referee and sports teacher in Moscow. In addition to Russian, he speaks English.

Valentin Ivanov is the son of two Olympic and world class athletes Valentin Ivanov Kosmitsch ( soccer) and Lidija Gavrilovna Ivanova (gymnastics and gymnastics).

His first international game, he led 1999 between Luxembourg and Poland.

Portugal - Netherlands (WM 2006)

Dubbed in the media as the "Battle of Nuremberg" - - In the game Portugal - Netherlands in the second round of the 2006 World Cup distributed Ivanov 16 yellow cards, 4 yellow and red. Four dismissals in a match are ever at a World Cup. Ivanov was not subsequently nominated for the other games of the 2006 World Cup.

Ivanov was, in particular, criticized by the participating teams to be acted inconsistently. FIFA President Sepp Blatter expressed, Ivanov got the game " zerpfiffen ". Blatter apologized a few days later for his criticism. Many of the FIFA referee gave the "blame " because this limited the referee with some new instructions very in their previous style.

Operations in international tournaments

  • Confederations Cup France 2003
  • Euro 2004 in Portugal
  • U20 Football World Championship 2005 in the Netherlands
  • World Cup 2006 in Germany
Lidiya Ivanova (gymnast) Penalty card#Yellow card
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