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Markus Merk

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Markus Merk (born 15 March 1962) is a former top-level German football referee. He is a six-time winner of the German Referee of the Year Award and the record holder in games refereed in the Bundesliga. In 2005, Merk was awarded the German Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) in recognition of his service to football and his charity work in India. He ended his career by refereeing the match between Bayern Munich and Hertha BSC Berlin on the last day of the 2007–08 Bundesliga season on 17 May 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Markus Merk is the 6th most popular referee (up from 7th in 2019), the 3,432nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,613th in 2019) and the most popular German Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Markus Merk ranks 6 out of 147. Before him are Pierluigi Collina, Szymon Marciniak, Sándor Puhl, Ivan Eklind, and Romualdo Arppi Filho. After him are Michel Vautrot, Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, and Horacio Elizondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Markus Merk ranks 134. Before him are Federico Franco, John Stockton, Sergio Batista, Kim Hyon-hui, Mary Ellen Weber, and Clark Gregg. After him are Hillel Slovak, Tsutomu Miyazaki, Michel Qissi, Sarah Gilbert, Baz Luhrmann, and Manute Bol.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Markus Merk ranks 3,434 out of 7,253. Before him are Werner Kohlmeyer (1924), Hans Münch (1911), Justus Jonas (1493), Karlheinz Förster (1958), Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel (1796), and Gunta Stölzl (1897). After him are Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal (1730), Franz Bäke (1898), Freimut Börngen (1930), John IV, Duke of Bavaria (1437), Anna Dorothea Therbusch (1721), and Richardis of Schwerin, Queen of Sweden (1347).

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Among REFEREES In Germany

Among referees born in Germany, Markus Merk ranks 1. After him are Rudi Glöckner (1929), Wolfgang Stark (1969), Felix Brych (1975), Herbert Fandel (1964), Felix Zwayer (1981), Deniz Aytekin (1978), Bibiana Steinhaus (1979), and Daniel Siebert (1984).

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