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Sándor Puhl

1955 - 2021

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Sándor Puhl (14 July 1955 – 20 May 2021) was a Hungarian football referee, best known for officiating four matches in the 1994 FIFA World Cup in the United States, including the final between Brazil and Italy. He also refereed UEFA Champions League matches, including the 1997 UEFA Champions League Final between Borussia Dortmund and Juventus. Dortmund ended up winning 3–1. Arguably, Sandor Puhl is most well-known for refereeing the last World Cup qualifier for France 98 between Iran and Australia where Iran came from 2-0 down to tie the game 2-2 and qualify for the World Cup due to the away goal rule. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sándor Puhl is the 3rd most popular referee (up from 5th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 301st in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Sándor Puhl ranks 3 out of 147. Before him are Pierluigi Collina, and Szymon Marciniak. After him are Ivan Eklind, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Markus Merk, Michel Vautrot, Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, and Horacio Elizondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Sándor Puhl ranks 174. Before him are Edwin Moses, Judy Davis, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Thomas Newman, Tomas Arana, and Yasmina Khadra. After him are Takayoshi Yamano, Wayne Knight, Herbert Prohaska, Billy Blanks, Katsuyuki Kawachi, and Svetozar Marović. Among people deceased in 2021, Sándor Puhl ranks 225. Before him are Zlatko Kranjčar, Igor Kirillov, Jean-François Stévenin, Arlene Dahl, Anne Buydens, and Yvon Douis. After him are Justo Gallego Martínez, Nino Vaccarella, Gunilla Bergström, Benoît Sokal, Yıldırım Akbulut, and Jean-Pierre Adams.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Sándor Puhl ranks 332 out of 1,077. Before him are Catherine of Hungary, Queen of Serbia (1256), Gyula Peidl (1873), Miklós Radnóti (1909), Lajos Czeizler (1893), Károly Palotai (1935), and Stephen Heller (1813). After him are Sára Salkaházi (1899), Antal Szerb (1901), Éva Székely (1927), Sigismund Rákóczi (1544), Antal Dunai (1943), and Elizabeth Granowska (1372).

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Among REFEREES In Hungary

Among referees born in Hungary, Sándor Puhl ranks 1. After him are Viktor Kassai (1975).

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