Russia Football World Cup: Valentin Ivanov Performance and History in World Cup

Valentin Ivanov born July 4, 1961, is a former Russian referee and footballer. The son of two 1956 Olympic champions, Valentin Ivanov and Lidiya Ivanova live in Moscow where he works as a physical education teacher. As a player, he reached the finals of the Soviet Cup in 1983.

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He speaks Russian and English and has been an international referee since January 1, 1997. The first international match without a referee was Luxembourg-Poland in 1999. Before his qualification, he worked as an assistant referee and hosted 3 matches at the 1994 World Cup. He has refereed the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup, the UEFA Euro 2004, and the 2005 FIFA World Cup Youth Championship.

In 2005, he hosted the World Cup qualifiers between Wales and England, Sweden and Iceland. Both England and Sweden have been eliminated, drawn in the same group at the FIFA World Cup. He was also named referee in the UEFA Champions League semi-final between Villarreal and Arsenal in the 2005-06 season.

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was Ivanov's last major international tournament, as he reached the mandatory retirement age of 45 for FIFA referees on 4 July. In the second round match between Portugal and the Netherlands, Ivanov issued 16 yellow cards and four red cards. For more to know about Qatar World Cup tickets Click here.

The 16 warnings are similar to the Football World Cup record set in 2002 by Spanish referee Antonio López Nieto, and the four dismissals all on the second yellow card of eligible players set a new World Cup record. Costinha and Deco were ousted because of Portugal, while Khalid Boulahrouz and Giovanni van Bronckhorst were defeated by the Dutch.

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The Netherlands has been warned seven times, with two players given red cards following a second yellow one. Portugal has seen nine yellow World Cup record cards in one team, and two dismissals following the second yellow one again. FIFA president Sepp Blatter later suggested that Ivanov should be given a yellow card for his poor performance during the match. Sepp Blatter regretted the remarks and promised to officially apologize.

Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, president of the German Football Association, also defended Ivanov, saying Ivanov was simply enforcing the rules. He noted that the match was not short of referees but teams did not follow the rules of the match. He further added that FIFA had instructed the referee to adhere strictly to the rules governing strikes, jersey handling, and wasting time, adding that this was clarified to all parties.

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