Djamel Haimoudi

Djamel Haimoudi ( Arabic جمال حيمودي, DMG Ǧamāl Ḥaimūdī ; * December 10, 1970 in Oran ) is a former Algerian football referee . He was FIFA's international referee between 2004 and 2014 .

Career

Haimoudi was a referee at the U-20 World Cup in 2011 and the Africa Cups in 2008, 2012 and 2013. He has also directed several games in the CAF Champions League and qualifying games for World Cups. In 2012 he was named Africa's Referee of the Year by the CAF. Two months later he was appointed as referee for the final between Nigeria and Burkina Faso at the 2013 African Cup of Nations.

He took part in the Club World Cup in 2012 and the Confederations Cup in 2013 (including a third place match) and was selected for the 2014 World Cup .

After leading two group matches, a round of 16 and the match for third place at the World Cup, Haimoudi ended his active refereeing career, which he had announced in January 2014.

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2014

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 18, 2014	Porto Alegre	Australia	Netherlands	2: 3 (1: 1)
Group stage	June 24, 2014	Belo Horizonte	Costa Rica	England	0-0
Round of 16	0July 1, 2014	Salvador da Bahia	Belgium	United States	2: 1 a.d. (0: 0)
3rd place match	July 12, 2014	Brasília	Brazil	Netherlands	0: 3 (0: 2)

Web links

• Profile on weltfussball.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Djamel Haimoudi annonce sa retraite après la coupe du monde" ( Memento of the original of July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.