Jan Wegereef

Jan Willem Wegereef ( Brielle , January 17 1962 ) is a former Dutch football referee .

Content

 * 1 Biography
 * 2 Suspensions
 * 3 National games
 * 4 See also
 * 5 External link

[Biography edit ]
Wegereef whistled in the league and was also active internationally. He made ​​in 1988 his debut in the Dutch professional football, the youngest ever referee. Pretty soon his career he acquired the nickname Jan Cousin Rule.

In 1995 he refereed his first game in the UEFA Cup , Ararat Yerevan - Dynamo Moscow . Wegereef whistled at the World Cup 2002 match between Senegal and Uruguay . He gave twelve yellow cards, which until that time was a record in World Cup history [1] . The same day the record was broken by Antonio López Nieto . The Spaniard gave the match Cameroon - Germany sixteen yellow cards, four for two players.

Wegereef refereed the final of the Asian Cup on 17 May 2009. This match was won on penalties by sc Heerenveen .

Wegereef whistled no matches Feyenoord more. Threats by fans of the Rotterdam club after a league match between PSV and Feyenoord in April 2002 are the reason therefor.

Jan Wegereef lives in Hellevoetsluis, but was born in Brielle. Since April 2010 he maintains a column on the website of the CoVs .

[Suspensions edit ]

 * Wegereef was in season 06/07 league suspended) after the match AZ - Ajax (1-1). He accepted a good goal for AZ which was actually a violation. As a result he was temporarily unable Ajax matches whistle anymore.
 * Wegereef was based on a questionable red card to Ajax's Vurnon Anita in the match Excelsior - Ajax, played on Sunday, October 24th, 2010, punished by the KNVB. In the round of play after he whistled a match in the Jupiler League .