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Howard Webb

1971 - Today

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Howard Melton Webb MBE (born 14 July 1971) is an English former professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League from 2003 to 2014, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee from 2005 to 2014. Webb is counted amongst the all-time top referees by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics and refereed a number of notable matches in England including the FA Cup final, the FA Community Shield and the final of the League Cup. In 2010, he became the first person to referee the finals of both the UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup in the same year. Throughout his professional career, Webb drew praise for his authoritative and respected approach to refereeing from football bodies, pundits, colleagues, players and managers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Howard Webb is the 15th most popular referee (down from 13th in 2019), the 3,036th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,796th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Howard Webb ranks 15 out of 147. Before him are Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, Horacio Elizondo, Rudi Glöckner, and Jack Taylor. After him are Gottfried Dienst, Sergio Gonella, Roberto Rosetti, István Kovács, Maurice Guigue, and Viktor Kassai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Howard Webb ranks 113. Before him are Tiffany Darwish, Patricia Velásquez, Sandra Oh, Kjetil André Aamodt, Richard Armitage, and Matthew Vaughn. After him are Justin Theroux, Luigi Di Biagio, Chris Vance, Gina Raimondo, Twiggy Ramirez, and Michael Malone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Howard Webb ranks 3,037 out of 8,785. Before him are Jamie Carragher (1978), Ralph H. Fowler (1889), Paul Johnson (1928), Margaret of England (1240), Daniel Oliver (1830), and Clare Torry (1947). After him are Pete Burns (1959), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794), John Arthur Jarvis (1872), Amanda Tapping (1965), Danny Murphy (1977), and Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1924).

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Among REFEREES In United Kingdom

Among referees born in United Kingdom, Howard Webb ranks 2. Before him are Jack Taylor (1930). After him are Anthony Taylor (1978), Graham Poll (1963), Willie Collum (1979), Martin Atkinson (1971), Michael Oliver (1985), Mark Clattenburg (1975), Hugh Dallas (1957), Mike Dean (1968), Craig Thomson (1972), and Michaela Tabb (1967).

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