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Coffi Codjia

1967 - Today

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Coffi Codjia (born December 9, 1967) is a Beninese football referee. An international referee since 1994, Codjia was a referee at the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006, the FIFA Confederations Cup in 1999 and 2003 and the African Cup of Nations in 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, in which he was the referee for the final, and 2010. Codjia was indefinitely suspended by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for not taking action against Algeria's Faouzi Chaouchi, who appeared to head-butt him in a semi final of 2010 African Cup of Nations semi-final game against Egypt. Chaouchi, who was later sent off for a second bookable offence, received a three match ban by CAF for the headbutt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Coffi Codjia is the 17,613th most popular politician (down from 17,527th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Benin and the 16th most popular Beninese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Coffi Codjia ranks 17,613 out of 19,576. Before him are Renhō, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Red Kelly, Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet, Peyton Randolph, and Henry Sewell. After him are Basdeo Panday, Sibel Siber, Yevgeny Roizman, Yury Trutnev, Valeriy Heletey, and John Bercow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Coffi Codjia ranks 460. Before him are Olivier Dahan, Andrew Dominik, Reid Hoffman, Renhō, James McTeigue, and Ainars Bagatskis. After him are Nobuyuki Hiyama, Valeriy Heletey, Mehmet Şimşek, Maylis de Kerangal, Cyril Suk, and Pervin Buldan.

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In Benin

Among people born in Benin, Coffi Codjia ranks 20 out of 25. Before him are Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918), Alphonse Alley (1930), Paul-Émile de Souza (1930), Tahirou Congacou (1913), Adrien Houngbédji (1942), and Maurice Kouandété (1932). After him are Pascal Koupaki (1951), Stéphane Sessègnon (1984), Isabelle Yacoubou (1986), Ayra Starr (2002), Steve Mounié (1994), and Noélie Yarigo (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In Benin

Among politicians born in Benin, Coffi Codjia ranks 16. Before him are Émile Derlin Zinsou (1918), Alphonse Alley (1930), Paul-Émile de Souza (1930), Tahirou Congacou (1913), Adrien Houngbédji (1942), and Maurice Kouandété (1932). After him are Pascal Koupaki (1951).

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