Turki Al-Khudhayr

Turki Mohammed Al-Khudayr (Arabic: تركي الخضير‎; born in 1980) is a Saudi Arabian football referee. He has refereed in the Saudi Professional League since 2009 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2014.[3] He refereed at the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and also refereed the 2015 Saudi Crown Prince Cup Final.

Turki Al-Khudhayr
Full name Turki Mohammed Al-Khudhayr[1]
Born 1980 (age 40–41)
Saudi Arabia[2]
Domestic
Years League Role
2009– Saudi Professional League Referee
International
Years League Role
2014– FIFA Referee
AFC Referee

Career

On 17 March 2015, he was summoned at the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match in Russia during the match between Brunei and Chinese Taipei.

On 16 December 2019, after the match between Indian Super League clubs Bengaluru and Mumbai City FC (which Mumbai City FC won 3–2 against Bengaluru), Mumbai City FC coach, Jorge Costa of Portugal, has launched an allegation against Al-Khudayr for calling a Mumbai City FC player Sèrge Kevyn, of Gabon, with racist slurs as a “monkey” in Al-Khudayr's perspective of Anguoue making “disrespectful gestures”.[4] On 17 December 2019, the allegations were reported to the All India Football Federation, and an the investigation will be launched by the federation against Al-Khudayr. "The AIFF follows a zero toleration policy against racism and the complaint has been forwarded to the Disciplinary Committee to investigate into the matter and take appropriate action if found guilty," the AIFF stated.[5][6]

References
  1. "AIFF to probe ISL ref's alleged racism". ESPN.com. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  2. "Saudi Arabia - Turki Al Khudair - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  3. https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/2020-fifa-list-of-international-match-officials.pdf?cloudid=bdhkmbhyt2evwe69isju
  4. "Referee called a player 'monkey', alleges Mumbai City coach". Hindustan Times. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  5. "AIFF to probe ISL ref's alleged racism". ESPN.com. 2019-12-17. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  6. "AIFF disciplinary committee to investigate Saudi referees allegedly racist remark". https://www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2020-08-24. External link in |website= (help)


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