Tolga Özkalfa
Tolga Özkalfa | ||
Tolga Özkalfa (2012) |
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Personal | ||
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Surname | Tolga Özkalfa | |
birthday | April 22, 1977 | |
place of birth | Nazilli , Turkey | |
job | dentist | |
Games by division | ||
Years | Division | Games |
1997–2017 1999–2017 2001–2017 2004–2017 |
TFF 3rd Lig TFF 2nd Lig TFF 1st Lig Süper Lig |
at least 31 at least 169 |
As of July 7, 2017 |
Tolga Özkalfa (born April 22, 1977 in Nazilli ) was a Turkish football referee .
Career
Before he became a referee, Özkalfa was a goalkeeper for the amateur club Nazilli 5 Eylül Spor for four years .
He has been a referee since 1998 and whistles for the province of Izmir . Özkalfa made his debut in the highest Turkish football league, the Süper Lig , on August 14, 2004; he led the match MKE Ankaragücü against İstanbulspor (0-0).
From 2010 to 2013 he was a FIFA referee.
After the Referees Association relegated him to the TFF 1st Lig in 2017 , Özkalfa announced his end of career.
Private
Özkalfa graduated from high school in his hometown Nazilli and then began studying medicine at Ege Üniversitesi . After his successful studies, he opened his own dental practice in the city of Güzelyalı , Konak (Izmir) . Since then he has been working there as a dentist .
Özkalfa is married to Esra Özkalfa, a translator .
Web links
- Tolga Özkalfa in the database of weltfussball.de
- Tolga Özkalfa in the Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu database (English)
- Tolga Özkalfa in the database of mackolik.com (Turkish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ haber3.com: "Özkalfa'ya FIFA kokartı!"
- ↑ milliyet.com.tr: "Derbinin hakemi neden FIFA listesinde değil?"
- ↑ sabah.com.tr: "İşte Süper Lig'in hakemleri"
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Özkalfa, Tolga |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish football referee |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1977 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nazilli , Turkey |