Roger_Machin

Roger Machin

Roger Machin

French association football referee (1926–2021)

Roger Machin (26 April 1926 – 17 January 2021) was a French international football referee.[1]

Roger Machin, 1969

Life and career

Machin was born in April 1926 in Toulon, France.

He was member of FIFA in 1964–73 and refereed six international matches.[2] Roger officiated a group stage match in 1970 World Cup,[3] two matches in 1970 World Cup qualifying and two matches in EURO 1972 qualifying.

In club football he officiated some UEFA competition matches such as Champions League (8), UEFA Cup (8) and Cup Winners Cup (5).[4] Roger Machin attributed 1969 Intercontinental Cup Final 1st leg, that was played between Milan-Estudiantes (3:0). He refereed 252 Ligue 1 matches in 1961–75. He also officiated 1969 Coupe de France Final.

Machin died in January 2021 at the age of 94.[5]

Successes

He was awarded the International Referee Special Award and Diploma by France Football Federation.[6][7]

References and notes

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    "Profile of referee". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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    "List of referee's attributed matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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    "Officiated 1070 World Cup match". capital.fr. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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    "Officiated matches in club football". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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    L'ancien arbitre, Roger Machin est décédé
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    "M. Machin, contrôleur". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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    "Le Mondiale doit être arbitré par les meilleurs Entretien avec M. Roger Machin membre de la commission d'arbitrage de la FIFA". lemonde.fr. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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