Shamsul Maidin

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Shamsul Maidin
Born (1966-04-16) 16 April 1966 (age 58)
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
Occupation AFC Director of Referees

Shamsul Maidin (born 16 April 1966) is a Singaporean association football referee. He first became a referee in 1996 and retired in 2007. [1]

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Shamsul has been the AFC Director of Referees since 2016 [2] where he has contributed to the development of Asian Refereeing for over two decades as a match official, instructor and manager. Having represented Asia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, Shamsul was twice selected as the AFC Official of the Year in the mentioned consecutive years. He has also won the S.League Referee of the Year award four times, in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2001. [3]

Specialised in Human Resources studies, Shamsul is a former Football Association of Singapore (FAS) referee retired in 2007. [4] Recognised for his experience as referee instructor and referee assessor at FIFA and AFC level, Shamsul was appointed as part of the instructors' team of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London and the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Other highlights of his career include the 1996, 2000 and the 2004 AFC Asian Cup editions, as well as the 2003 and 2001 FIFA World Youth Championships. The Singaporean also became the only non-African match official at the 2006 African Cup of Nations and guided the United Arab Emirates Football Association (UAEFA) referees as their Technical Director from 2013 to 2015. [5]

Shamsul is currently leading the Referees Department of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). [2] He is the first Singaporean to be chosen as AFC's director of referees. [1] Since January 2017, Shamsul is a member of the FIFA Referees Committee. [6] Additionally, Shamsul is a member of the IFAB Technical Advisory Panel since 2016. [7]

Refereeing career

AFC Asian Cup

Shamsul officiated in the 1996 AFC Asian Cup officiating the match between South Korea and Indonesia where South Korea won 4–2. In the 2000 AFC Asian Cup, he refereed the match between Japan and Uzbekistan where Japan massively won 8–1. He was also selected in the semi-finals match between China and Japan with Japan emerging as winners as they advanced to the final beating China 3–2. In the 2004 AFC Asian Cups, he took charge of the match between South Korea and Kuwait where the Koreans won the match 4–0. Shamsul was then selected to refereed in the quarter-finals between China and Iraq and in the semi-finals between Bahrain and Japan.

African Cup of Nations

Shamsul was also selected to referee at the 2006 African Cup of Nations in Egypt becoming the only non-African referee in the tournament. [1] He refereed in two group stages match between Libya and Ivory Coast and the match between Tunisia and Guinea.

FIFA World Youth Championship

as well as the 2001 and 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.

FIFA Confederations Cup

Shamsul had also officiated in the Argentina v Australia match in Nuremberg, in which Argentina won 4–2, during the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup,

FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

In 2006, Shamsul was selected by FIFA as one of the official referees for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. It was only the second time a Singaporean had taken part in a FIFA World Cup after George Suppiah in 1974, also held in Germany (then West Germany). [8]

Shamsul took charge of the group stage game between Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden, brandishing the first red card of the tournament to Trinidad and Tobago's player, Avery John. He also officiated the group stage game between Mexico and Angola, sending off Angola's André Macanga, becoming the first referee of the tournament who sends off two players. Shamsul's appointment for the Mexico-Angola match saw him becoming the first Singaporean to referee more than one match at the World Cup.

Shamsul also officiated the final Group A game between Costa Rica and Poland, becoming the first referee of the competition to perform in three matches. Finally, he was appointed as fourth official for the Round of 16 match between Germany and Sweden.

2010 FIFA World Cup

In the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Shamsul was appointed as a technical instructor by FIFA.

Notable matches

FIFA Tournament

2006 FIFA World Cup – Germany
DateMatchVenueRound
10 June 2006Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago – Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Dortmund Group stage
16 June 2006Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico – Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Hanover Group stage
20 June 2006Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica – Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Hanover Group stage
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup – Germany
DateMatchVenueRound
18 June 2005Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia – Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Nuremberg Group stage
2001 FIFA World Youth Championship – Argentina
DateMatchVenueRound
20 June 2001Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica – Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Buenos Aires Group stage
28 June 2001Flag of Angola.svg  Angola – Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Rosario Round of 16
2003 FIFA World Youth Championship – United Arab Emirates
DateMatchVenueRound
29 November 2003Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay – Flag of the United States.svg  United States Abu Dhabi Group stage
2 December 2003Flag of England.svg  England – Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Dubai Group stage

AFC Tournament

1996 AFC Asian Cup – United Arab Emirates
DateMatchVenueRound
7 December 1996Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea – Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Abu Dhabi Group stage
2000 AFC Asian Cup – Lebanon
DateMatchVenueRound
17 October 2000Flag of Japan.svg  Japan – Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Sidon Group stage
19 October 2000Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China – Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Tripoli Group stage
26 October 2000Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China – Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Beirut Semi-finals
2004 AFC Asian Cup – China
DateMatchVenueRound
27 July 2004Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea – Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Jinan Group stage
30 July 2004Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China – Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Beijing Quarter-finals
3 August 2004Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain – Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Jinan Semi-finals


CAF Tournament

2006 Africa Cup of Nations – Egypt
DateMatchVenueRound
24 January 2006Flag of Libya.svg  Libya – Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Cairo Group stage
30 January 2006Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia – Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Alexandria Group stage

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