Cüneyt Çakır
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Cüneyt Çakır is a Turkish
UEFA Elite association football referee.
He made his UEFA
debut as the fourth official in the UEFA Champions League
first qualifying round game between Skonto FC
and Sliema Wanderers FC in July 2003.
He took charge of two matches at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
in Austria and was also the referee for two UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying fixtures.
Çakır who lives with his wife in Istanbul and works in insurance
, made his international refereeing debut in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup, taking charge of two games including the group stage fixture between FC Twente
and Schalke 04 in December 2008.
He oversaw Fulham's second-leg win against Hamburger SV
in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League semi-finals, one of seven matches he refereed in total in the competition that season.
On 29 September 2010, Çakır made his debut in the Champions League Group Stage when he took charge of group D fixture between Rubin Kazan and Barcelona
, ending in a one all draw. He also took charge of the match between Chelsea F.C.
and FC Spartak Moscow
on 3 November 2010.
He has also refereed the UEFA Europa League Round of 32 match Manchester City-Dynamo Kiev on 17/3/2011, which ended in a 1-0 win for City, but Dynamo Kiev advanced to the next round after winning 2-1 on aggregate. Çakir sent off Mario Balotelli
and dished out eight yellow cards.
On August 2011, he managed five games in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
, hosted in Colombia
.
Culture of Turkey
The culture of Turkey combines a largely diverse and heterogeneous set of elements that are derived from the Ottoman, European, Middle Eastern and Central Asian traditions...
UEFA Elite association football referee.
Life
He has been in the middle for more than 140 matches in the Turkish Süper Lig and was selected for the U21 finals in Sweden in 2009, taking charge of three games including England's penalty shoot-out win against the hosts in the semi-finals.He made his UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
debut as the fourth official in the UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
first qualifying round game between Skonto FC
Skonto FC
Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...
and Sliema Wanderers FC in July 2003.
He took charge of two matches at the 2007 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
2007 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
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in Austria and was also the referee for two UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying fixtures.
Çakır who lives with his wife in Istanbul and works in insurance
Insurance
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, made his international refereeing debut in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup, taking charge of two games including the group stage fixture between FC Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys...
and Schalke 04 in December 2008.
He oversaw Fulham's second-leg win against Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV
Hamburger Sport-Verein, usually referred to as HSV in Germany and Hamburg in international parlance, is a German multi-sport club based in Hamburg, its largest branch being its football department...
in the 2009-10 UEFA Europa League semi-finals, one of seven matches he refereed in total in the competition that season.
On 29 September 2010, Çakır made his debut in the Champions League Group Stage when he took charge of group D fixture between Rubin Kazan and Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....
, ending in a one all draw. He also took charge of the match between Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
and FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...
on 3 November 2010.
He has also refereed the UEFA Europa League Round of 32 match Manchester City-Dynamo Kiev on 17/3/2011, which ended in a 1-0 win for City, but Dynamo Kiev advanced to the next round after winning 2-1 on aggregate. Çakir sent off Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli
Mario Balotelli is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker for English team Manchester City and the Italian national team.He started his professional football career at Lumezzane and only played for the first team twice before having an unsuccessful trial at FC Barcelona, and subsequently...
and dished out eight yellow cards.
On August 2011, he managed five games in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the eighteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup since its inception in 1977 as the FIFA World Youth Championship. Colombia hosted the tournament between 29 July and 20 August 2011, with matches being played in eight cities...
, hosted in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
.