Jafar Namdar is an Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian former football referee.

Refereeing career

Namdar officiated as a referee at the 1974

1974 FIFA World Cup

The 1974 FIFA World Cup, the tenth staging of the World Cup, was held in West Germany from 13 June to 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the current trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy, created by the Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, was awarded...

 and 1978

1978 FIFA World Cup

The 1978 FIFA World Cup, the 11th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in Argentina between 1 June and 25 June. The 1978 World Cup was won by Argentina who beat the Netherlands 3–1 after extra time in the final. This win was the first World Cup title for Argentina, who became the fifth...

 FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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When he refereed Australia vs Chile

Chile national football team

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 at the 1974 FIFA World Cup Namdar became only the second Asian

Asian Football Confederation

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 referee (George Suppiah beat him by three days) to officiate as a referee at a FIFA World Cup. In this match Namdar created controversy by showing three yellow cards to Australian player Ray Richards

Ray Richards (footballer)

Raymond "Ray" Richards is an Australian former football midfielder. He was a member of the Australian 1974 World Cup squad in West Germany and represented the country 60 times in total for 10 goals between 1967 and 1975 as well as representing Queensland and New South Wales.-Biography:Richards...

 before showing a red card after being informed of his error by reserve official Clive Thomas

Clive Thomas

Clive Thomas is a Welsh former football referee, who operated in the English Football League and for FIFA during his career. He came from Treorchy in the Rhondda Valley.-Career:...

. He officiated as an assistant referee for the third place playoff between Brazil

Brazil national football team

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 and Poland

Poland national football team

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Namdar refereed matches in the Football Tournaments at the 1972

Football at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 and 1976

Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Football competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, and Sherbrooke. Groups A, C and D had only three teams instead of four, as Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia national teams adhered to African-led boycott of the Games against the participation of New...

 Olympic Games

Olympic Games

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He was Chief of the Iranian Referees Committee from 1970–1978.