Ahmet Çakar

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Ahmet Murat Çakar (born August 3, 1962 in Istanbul) is a former Turkish football referee and is considered one of the most successful referees in his country. His main occupation is a doctor .

Career

Ahmet Çakar graduated from the oldest Turkish university, İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Faküllei . After completing his studies, he practiced medicine and worked part-time as a football referee. He has led over 100 international matches and derbies and was the first Turkish referee to lead matches in the UEFA Champions League . After his career as a football referee, he worked as a commentator in various Turkish sports programs. He is currently commenting on the events in Turkish football together with Sinan Engin, Ümit Karan , Abdülkerim Durmaz and Ertem Şener, in a program called Beyaz Futbol . He also works as a sports editor for the Turkish daily Sabah .

The most important games of his career

Private

Çakar is married and has two children.

Others

On February 25, 2004, Çakar was shot five times by a previously unknown person. The motive for the crime is still unknown; the police assume that his comments about what happened in Turkish football were the motive for the perpetrator.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beyaz Futbol: Ahmet Çakar: 14 Şubat Sevgililer Günü sahtekarlıktır. February 14, 2016, accessed March 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Sabah Editors Archive (Turkish)
  3. ↑ Match report AC Milan - Benfica Lisbon
  4. ↑ Türk hakemliğinde 31 Mart vak ?? ası! ( Memento from January 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
  5. ↑ World Youth Cup (U-20) 1993 (Australia, March 5-20) (English)
  6. ↑ Former soccer referee recovering after being shot five times ( Memento from November 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Turkish)
personal data
SURNAME Çakar, Ahmet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Çakar, Ahmet Murat (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish football referee
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd August 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul , Turkey