Mark Shield

Mark Shield ( born September 2, 1973 in Fortitude Valley, Queensland ) is an Australian former football referee.

The company director conducted his first international match on 22 January 1997 ( New Zealand national football team against Norway) and was from 1 January 1999 FIFA referee. He has already worked during the Football World Cup 2002 in Japan and South Korea as Impartial and currently holds the record for the youngest referee in the World Cup finals (28 years at the World Cup 2002).

With the Football World Cup 2006 in Germany Shield led two games: Tunisia against Saudi Arabia 2-2 ( 1-0) and Iran against Angola 1-1 (0-0 ). During the Asian Cup 2007, he was a total of five games, including also the final between Iraq and Saudi Arabia (1-0 ).

With the finale of the A-League 2007/2008 season ended his active career Shield. Controversial case, the refusal of two penalty in favor of the losing team Central Coast Mariners was discussed. Which led to an assault by Danny Vukovic against Shield, which punished this logically with a red card that Vukovic earned a very long barrier and also made ​​a participation in the Olympic Games in Beijing impossible.

  • Football referee (Australia)
  • Man
  • Born in 1973
  • FIFA Referees
Central Coast Mariners FC Danny Vuković
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