Mario van der EndeMario van der Ende (born March 28, 1956 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland. His hometown is Naarden.
Mario van der ende is a retired football referee and coordinator from the Netherlands

Netherlands

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. He is mostly known for supervising five matches in the FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup

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, three in 1994

1994 FIFA World Cup

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 and two in 1998

1998 FIFA World Cup

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. Also one match in the 1996 European Championships, two UEFA Super Cup matches and many in the Champions League. In 1990 he got his FIFA Badge as a referee.

On 12 August 2008, van der Ende was appointed as interim

Interim

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 Technical Director

Technical director

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 for Australia

Australia national football (soccer) team

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 to replace the outgoing Rob Baan

Rob Baan

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Mario has retired for FIFA in 2001, due to cancer. He also appointed to retire many times, but he cured so he made a come-back.
He still is a referee observer for FIFA and presently works in Australia.
Mario likes theater and travel.