Referees, 2006 only.

Match officials who worked the 2006 World Cup. Click any row for their full career history across every WC they officiated.

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Referees in 2006

Matches officiated

in 2006

3+ World Cups

career veterans (all-time)

Countries represented

in 2006

2006 referees

22 referees

Name containsCountryStage

#	Referee	Country	Matches	WCs	Span	Knockout matches
1	Benito Archundia	Mexico	8	2	2006–2010	3rdSFR16
2	Jorge Larrionda	Uruguay	8	2	2006–2010	SFR16
3	Frank De Bleeckere	Belgium	7	2	2006–2010	QFR16 ×2
4	Carlos Simon	Brazil	6	3	2002–2010	none
5	Marco Rodríguez	Mexico	6	3	2006–2014	none
6	Óscar Ruiz	Colombia	6	3	2002–2010	QF
7	Roberto Rosetti	Italy	6	2	2006–2010	R16 ×2
8	Horacio Elizondo	Argentina	5	1	2006	FQF
9	Ľuboš Micheľ	Slovakia	5	2	2002–2006	QFR16
10	Markus Merk	Germany	5	2	2002–2006	R16
11	Graham Poll	England	4	2	2002–2006	none
12	Luis Medina Cantalejo	Spain	4	1	2006	QFR16
13	Massimo Busacca	Switzerland	4	2	2006–2010	R16
14	Toru Kamikawa	Japan	4	2	2002–2006	3rd
15	Carlos Amarilla	Paraguay	3	1	2006	none
16	Coffi Codjia	Benin	3	2	2002–2006	none
17	Mark Shield	Australia	3	2	2002–2006	none
18	Shamsul Maidin	Singapore	3	1	2006	none
19	Valentin Ivanov	Russia	3	1	2006	R16
20	Éric Poulat	France	2	1	2006	none
21	Carlos Eugênio Simon	Brazil	1	1	2006	R16
22	Essam Abd El Fatah	Egypt	1	1	2006	none

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