Manouchehr Nazari

Manouchehr Nazari is a retired international football referee, who has worked with FIFA and the AFC. He is head of the Iranian Football Referees Committee.
He graduated with a degree in Physical Education from the University of Tehran and worked as a professor for 34 years at Sharif University of Technology. He began refereeing from the year 1965, and in 1974 became an international referee. Until 1991, he was an international referee. He attended matches in Asia, including three Asian tournaments (1974 in Tehran, 1986 in Seoul, and 1990 in Beijing).
He refereed the World Collegiate Student Olympics in Sheffield, UK as well as tournaments and matches within most of Asia, including Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Malaysia, as well as all over the Middle East, and all countries surrounding the Persian Gulf, Turkey, England, Germany.
After retiring from refereeing in 1991, his goodbye game was between the Iranian National Team and Cameroon, in Azadi Stadium. Afterwards, he attended and passed the International Football Inspection class in Malaysia, and became an International Football Inspector for FIFA and AFC for 14 years. Also, for 6 years he was the Head of the Referees committee in Iran, from 2002-2008. In 2002, he obtained a Special Awarded Badge diploma from FIFA from Mr. Sepp Blatter. In 2009, in Malaysia, he received a gold medal and special AFC shield for serving Asian football for 30 years.
In 2010, at the age of 68, he retired from football activities, but occasionally teaches at Sharif University.