Frank De Bleeckere
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Frank de Bleeckere (born July 1, 1966 in Oudenaarde) is a Belgian football referee, who has been a ref since the January 1, 1998, and an international official since 2001. De Bleeckere was refereeing in his first World Cup Finals in Germany, having had to pass a late fitness test following injury.
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[edit] Career Highlights
[edit] International Debut; Cyprus v. Republic of Ireland
De Bleeckere made his international refereeing debut on the 24th March 2001 in a FIFA World Cup 2002 Qualifier between Cyprus and the Republic of Ireland. The away side ran out 4 - 0 winners.
[edit] Champions League Quarter Final; Liverpool v. Juventus
Liverpool had to overcome the challenge of Juventus en route to the final. De Bleeckere had the honour of refereeing the fixture; a game in which Liverpool began to show exactly what they were made of.
[edit] FIFA U-17 World Championship 2005 Final; Mexico v. Brazil
Mexico ran out 3 - 0 winners, going in at half time with a two goal lead, and making sure of victory in the second half. De Bleeckere refereed 5 games in the tournament, including the final.
[edit] FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualifier; Turkey v. Switzerland
This was an unusual game, with Turkey running out 4 - 2 winners. However, it was Switzerland who actually qualified for the finals, and the game ended in violence on and off the pitch.
[edit] FIFA World Cup 2006
[edit] Group C: Argentina v. Ivory Coast
Argentina were two nil up by half time, through Hernán Crespo and Javier Saviola strikes. However, World cup newcomers Ivory Coast grabbed a consolation in the 82nd minute thanks to captain Didier Drogba, to set up a tense finalé. De Bleeckere issued five yellows, showing cards to, amongst others, Arsenal defender Eboue and Manchester United defender Heinze. De Bleeckere got very good reviews for his performance during this game, also both his linesmen made a number of close, but correct decisions.
[edit] Group F: Croatia v. Japan
A rather disappointing game that saw no goals. De Bleeckere showed five yellows again, including cards given to Japanese goalkeeper Kawaguchi and Croatian star Srna. Also he awarded a penalty to Croatia.
[edit] Second Round: England v. Ecuador
In this second round match, England ran out winners - eventually - thanks to a superb David Beckham free kick. Paul Robinson and Jamie Carragher were booked for time wasting, and John Terry for dangerous play. For Ecuador, three players made their way into the referee's book. Because of this result, England progressed to the quarter finals, setting up a tie with Portugal.
[edit] Quarterfinal: Italy v. Ukraine
Frank De Bleeckere refereed the match between Italy and Ukraine and had few troubles on the pitch, the match featured very few harsh tackles and De Bleeckere only had to hand out three yellow cards. Again, most people saw his performance as very good, however the second Italian goal, made by Luca Toni was under discussion as Toni was said to be in offside position.
[edit] Statistics
| Event | Games |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Cup 2006 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] International career
FIFA World Cup 2002 Qualification
- Cyprus 0 Republic of Ireland 4, Mar 2001
- Moldova 0 Turkey 0, Oct 2001
FIFA World Youth Championships
- UAE 1 Slovakia 4, Nov 2003
- Japan 1 England 0, Nov 2003
- Colombia 0 Egypt 0, Nov 2003
- Panama 1 UAE 2, Dec 2003
- Argentina 3 Mali 1, Dec 2003
- Republic of Ireland 2 Colombia 2, Dec 2003
- Spain 1 Colombia 0, Dec 2003
- Colombia 2 Argentina 1, Dec 2003
UEFA Euro 2004
- Denmark 0 Italy 0, Jun 2004
- Russia 0 Portugal 2, Jun 2004
- Russia 2 Greece 1, Jun 2004
FIFA World Cup 2006 Qualification
- Slovenia 1 Italy 0, Oct 2004
- Armenia 1 Romania 1, Nov 2004
- Korea 0 Japan 2, Jun 2005
- Sweden 3 Bulgaria 0, Sep 2005
- Denmark 1 Greece 0, Oct 2005
- Turkey 4 Switzerland 2, Nov 2005
FIFA U-17 World Championship
- Peru 1 Ghana 1, Sep 2005
- Ivory Coast 0 Korea 3, Sep 2005
- Qatar 0 Brazil 6, Sep 2005
- Turkey 3 Brazil 4, Sep 2005
- Mexico 3 Brazil 0, Oct 2005
FIFA World Cup 2006
- Argentina 2 Ivory Coast 1, Jun 2006
- Croatia 0 Japan 0, Jun 2006
- England 1 Ecuador 0, Jun 2006
- Italy 3 Ukraine 0, Jun 2006
