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{{short description|Egyptian football referee}} |
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'''Essam Abdel-Fatah''' (Arabic: '''عصام عبد الفتاح''') (born December 30, 1965) is an Egyptian [[football (soccer)]] [[Referee (association football)|referee]]. Abd El Fatah has been a referee since 2001; his first international game was between [[Morocco national football team|Morocco]] and [[Sierra Leone national football team|Sierra Leone]] in 2003. He was the referee for the match between [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] and [[Japan national football team|Japan]] in the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]. |
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| author = Omar Shoeb |
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| title = Abdul-Fattah: I did not apologize to the Aussies |
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| date = 2006-06-13 |
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| accessdate = 2006-07-05 |
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| publisher = FilBalad |
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}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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FIFA communications director [[Markus Siegler]] told the press later that a penalty should have been awarded to Japan for a foul on Japanese midfielder [[Yūichi Komano]] by [[Tim Cahill]]. Siegler said "it was a clear mistake of the referee." Had a yellow card been shown to Cahill, who scored the deciding goal for Australia minutes later, he would have been sent off, with the score at 1-1.<ref>{{cite news |
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| url = http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=sportsNews&storyID=2006-06-14T125120Z_01_L14363777_RTRUKOC_0_UK-SOCCER-WORLD-JAPAN-PENALTY.xml&archived=False |
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| title = Referee should have given Japan penalty, says FIFA |
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| date = 2006-06-14 |
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| accessdate = 2006-07-04 |
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| publisher = Reuters.co.uk |
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}}</ref> The Japanese coach [[Zico]] expressed frustration at FIFA's comments, saying that El Fahad had apologised for the mistake to the Australians but had not apologised for the error which FIFA admitted to.<ref>{{cite news |
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| url = http://worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/06/06/15/WORLDCUP_Japan_Nightlead.html |
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| title = Zico frustration at FIFA comments |
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| last = Church |
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| first = Michael |
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| date = 2006-06-15 |
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| publisher = sportinglife.com |
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| accessdate = 2006-07-04 |
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}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> [[Japan Football Association]] filed an official complaint against the Egyptian referee, who was sent home along with English referee Graham Poll.<ref>{{cite news |
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| url = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19631780-2722,00.html |
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| title = Penalty referee given plum quarter-final |
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| date = 2006-06-30 |
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| accessdate = 2006-07-04 |
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| last = Lusetich |
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| first = Robert |
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| publisher = The Australian |
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}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> |
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Abd El Fatah is a [[Aviator|pilot]] in the Egyptian Army Air Force and he is currently a Lieutenant Major. |
Abd El Fatah is a [[Aviator|pilot]] in the Egyptian Army Air Force and he is currently a Lieutenant Major. |
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| NAME = Abdul Fatah, Essam |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Football referee |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 1965-12-30 |
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[[Category:1965 births]] |
[[Category:1965 births]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Living people]] |
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[[Category:Egyptian football referees]] |
[[Category:Egyptian football referees]] |
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[[Category:2006 FIFA World Cup referees]] |
[[Category:2006 FIFA World Cup referees]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 16 June 2024
Essam Abdel-Fatah (Arabic: عصام عبد الفتاح) (born December 30, 1965) is an Egyptian football (soccer) referee. Abd El Fatah has been a referee since 2001; his first international game was between Morocco and Sierra Leone in 2003. He was the referee for the match between Australia and Japan in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Abd El Fatah is a pilot in the Egyptian Army Air Force and he is currently a Lieutenant Major.
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