- René Temmink
René Temmink (born
24 June 1960 inDeventer ,Overijssel ) is a former Dutch footballreferee . [http://home.wanadoo.nl/scheidsrechter/int-34.htm Interview with René Temmink (1)] , De scheidsrechterssite] With his 203 cm he was one of the tallest referees on the football pitches. [http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=14442 Rene Temmink at weltfussball] , weltfussball.de]Temmink started his career as a youth coach at a local amateur team Helios in Deventer, which he combined with playing football himself. [http://www.knvb.nl/archief/organisatie/knvb.nl_organisatie_nieuws/afscheid_ren_temmink_heerenveen_-_excelsior_was_mijn_laatste_duel Temmink benoemd tot lid van verdienste] , knvb.nl] When a referee did not show up Temmink decided to replace him. [http://home.wanadoo.nl/scheidsrechter/int-35.htm Interview with René Temmink (2)] , De scheidsrechterssite] A
KNVB official invited him to become a referee and as of the 1982-83 season he was an official KNVB referee. At first he started as a youth referee, but switched to senior matches during the same year already. He promoted to the KNVB eastern district in 1987. In 1990 he reached the C-list and was promoted to the B-list of Dutch football a year later. During the 1993-94 season he made it into the A-list and became an international referee onJanuary 1 1995 . While being a player one of his opponents in those days,Eric Braamhaar , also became an international referee at a later age.In the 2001-02 season Temmink promoted to the FIFA Referee Group 1, among the 30 best referees in Europe. On national level he showed up in more traditional matches like the
Klassieker betweenFeyenoord Rotterdam andAjax Amsterdam as well as variousUEFA Champions League matches. He also was the referee at the 2002KNVB Cup final between Ajax andFC Utrecht . In the 2003-04 season Temmink led one match in theLigue 1 inFrance .Temmink led his last game of his career on December 23 2006 between
SC Heerenveen andExcelsior Rotterdam . KNVB officialBert van Oostveen awarded him a batch and a document in honour for his contributions to KNVB related tournaments. In total Temmink was part of the KNVB referees for 15 years, with 11 years of international matches. He was the referee in over 400 matches in the Netherlands. His first match in professional football was a match betweenFC Emmen andTOP Oss , while his firstEredivisie match was betweenSparta Rotterdam andRoda JC . Temmink led 75 matches of the most important international tournaments like theUEFA Champions League , theUEFA Cup and international matches. Among his most notable matches are matches likeFC Porto -Celtic FC ,Galatasaray SK -FC Barcelona ,Chelsea FC -FC Bayern München ,AS Roma -Real Madrid andFC Barcelona -Panathinaikos . As well as Germany-Denmark, Spain-Brazil, Belarus-Italy and France-Israel. He also led the final between France and Spain at the youth world championships inEgypt , as well as theEuropean Super Cup final inMonaco between CSKA Moscow andLiverpool FC in 2005.Among his favourite stadiums Temmink names Old Trafford and
De Kuip . Temmink thinksPierluigi Collina andAnders Frisk are among the best referees in the world.As of January 1 2007 Temmink is part of the technical staff of the KNVB where he will provide his knowledge and experience to the younger generations of football referees in the Netherlands.
External links
* [http://home.wanadoo.nl/scheidsrechter/temmink.htm Profile at De Scheidsrechterssite]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=14442 Profile at Weltfussball]References
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