Vladislav Yuryevich Bezborodov ; born January 15, 1973 in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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 is a Russia

Russia

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n professional football referee and a former player. As a player, he played for Zenit St. Petersburg, Dynamo St. Petersburg, Dinamo Minsk, and Ventspils

FK Ventspils

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. He took a six-year break from football after 5 matches for Zenit in 1991 to study in the United States

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, where he earned a degree in sports management and business administration. He made his return to Russia in 1998 with Dynamo St. Petersburg in the Russian Second Division

Russian Second Division

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. His father Yuri Bezborodov played professionally in 1960s and 1970s for FC Irtysh Omsk and FC Dynamo Leningrad.

He was selected as one of three Russian referees in the summer of 2010, alongside Maksim Layushkin

Maksim Layushkin

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 and Stanislav Sukhina

Stanislav Sukhina

Stanislav Valeryevich Sukhina is a Russian football referee and a former player. As a player, he played in the lower leagues for FC Avangard Kolomna , FC Saturn Ramenskoye and FC Gigant Voskresensk . He has been a FIFA international referee since 2003. He lives in Malakhovka and works as a...

, to work UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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 and Europa League matches for the upcoming season.
By denying a clear penalty for Olympiakos Piraeus at the recent match against Borussia Dortmund in Germany he showed that he doesn't deserves to work UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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 and Europa League matches for this season.