Charles George Reinier Corver (16 January 1936 – 10 November 2020) was a Dutch football referee.[1]
 Cover in 1980 | |||
| Born | 16 January 1936 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Died | 10 November 2020 (aged 84) | ||
| Other occupation | sales manager, observer for UEFA-FIFA and KNVB | ||
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1972–1983 | FIFA-listed | Referee | |
Career
editHe was decorated twice by the Queen (Order of Orange-Nassau) and the football association (KNVB-UEFA-FIFA).
He refereed the 1982 World Cup semifinal between Germany and France in Seville, Spain, when he deemed goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's collision with Patrick Battiston to be not a foul.[2] Battiston remained unconscious for over a minute and sustained the loss of three teeth and a damaged vertebrae. This failure is often considered one of the worst examples of poor refereeing decisions in football.[3]
Corver was a referee at two World Cups and two European championships. He refereed four European Cup finals, ten semifinals, and a final World Cup for clubs in Argentina. More than 140 international matches and more than 600 national matches. After his last final (1983) in Portugal he was an observer for UEFA-FIFA and KNVB for 22 years and a member of the disciplinary committee for sixteen years. His profession was national sales manager at Heineken.
References
edit- ^ "Oud-topscheidsrechter Charles Corver (84) overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "VIDÉO - France-RFA - Mondial 82 à Séville : l'arbitre Charles Corver revient sur son erreur". RTL.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "World's worst refereeing decisions". BBC News. BBC. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
External links
edit- Charles Corver referee profile at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at weltfussball.de at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 May 2007) (in German)
- Charles Corver referee profile at EU-Football.info
- Charles Corver at WorldReferee.com
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