Manuel Gräfe

Manuel Grafe ( born September 21, 1973 in Berlin ) is a German football referee.

Life

Grafe lives in Berlin and is a qualified sports scientists.

Football

At the age of 17, he put in Berlin from his referee check. At that time he played himself still in the youth team of Rapide Wedding. Among his teammates was also the subsequent Croatian international Robert Kovač.

Grafe since 1999 DFB referee for the club Hertha Zehlendorf. Since 2001 head of the Second Games since 2004 Games of the First Bundesliga and since the beginning of 2007 on FIFA level. He had his first Bundesliga application on September 12, 2004 meeting Hannover 96 against SC Freiburg. His first international match was on 28 July 2007, in the game against RC Lens Chernomorets Odessa.

Graefe was among the Berlin referees to Lutz Michael Fröhlich, the football - betting scandal in 2005 brought the ball rolling at the DFB with their display.

Since 2000, he leads one of 13 Berlin referee groups Referee Teaching Community Zehlendorf / Steglitz.

In the 2010/11 season was named Referee of the Year Manuel Grafe from the DFB.

On June 1, 2013 Grafe led the final of the DFB cup between FC Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Berlin's Olympic Stadium.

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