Ovidiu Hațegan

Ovidiu Hațegan
Full name Ovidiu Alin Haţegan
Born (1980-07-14) 14 July 1980
Arad, Romania
Domestic
Years League Role
Liga I Referee
International
Years League Role
2008– FIFA listed Referee

Ovidiu Alin Haţegan (born 14 July 1980)[1] is a Romanian international referee.

He became a FIFA referee in 2008.[2] Haţegan has refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers[3] and UEFA Euro 2012 qualification.[4]

In 2013, then UEFA president Michel Platini ordered an internal investigation to ascertain why Ovidiu Hategan did not follow the protocol for dealing with incidents of a racist nature during a match at the Khimki Arena between Manchester City and CSKA Moscow.[5]

In 2017 he was accused of "baffling" decisions in the World Cup play-off between Northern Ireland and Switzerland, including a penalty awarded to the Swiss team.[6] Northern Ireland Football Team manager Michael O'Neill said it was the worst decision he had ever seen in a game he had been involved in. [7] Several Talksport journalists such as Jim White said the decision would lead to video refereeing in football. [8] He was subsequently omitted from a World Cup seminar in November 2017.[9]

UEFA Euro

2016 UEFA EURO – France
DateMatchVenueRound
12 June 2016 Poland –  Northern IrelandNiceGroup stage
22 June 2016 Italy –  Republic of IrelandVilleneuve-d'AscqGroup stage

Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Brazil
DateMatchVenueRound
7 August 2016 Brazil –  IraqBrasíliaGroup stage
17 August 2016 Brazil –  HondurasRio de JaneiroSemi-Final

References

  1. ↑ "Nume: Haţegan Ovidiu". Romanian Football Federation (in Romanian). Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ↑ FIFA. "Romania: Referees". Retrieved on 2 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Profile
  4. ↑ UEFA. "Czech Republic 2-0 Liechtenstein". 29 March 2011. Retrieved on 2 May 2013.
  5. ↑ Ben Rumsby, "Yaya Toure 'racism' referee Ovidiu Hategan to be investigated by Uefa for not stopping match", The Telegraph, 25 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Richard Petrie, "Northern Ireland 0-1 Switzerland", BBC sport, 9 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41874404
  8. ↑ https://talksport.com/radioplayer/live/?popup=1 13 Nov 2017
  9. ↑ http://www.heraldonline.com/sports/article185414088.html


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