Daniel Siebert (referee)
 Siebert in 2018 | |||
| Born |
4 May 1984 East Berlin, East Germany | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Other occupation | Sports scientist | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2007– | DFB | Referee | |
| 2009– | 2. Bundesliga | Referee | |
| 2012– | Bundesliga | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2015– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Daniel Siebert (born 4 May 1984) is a German football referee who is based in Berlin. He referees for FC Nordost Berlin of the Berlin Football Association. He is a FIFA referee, and is ranked as a UEFA elite category referee.
Refereeing career
[edit]Siebert, referee of the club FC Nordost Berlin, has been officiating since 1998. In 2007, he was appointed as a DFB referee. Siebert made his premiere in the 2. Bundesliga in 2009. He was appointed as a Bundesliga referee for the 2012–13 season, and made his first top-flight appearance in the match between Schalke 04 and FC Augsburg on 1 September 2012, issuing three yellow cards.
On 24 October 2014, it was announced Siebert would replace Wolfgang Stark as a FIFA referee in 2015.[1] This made Siebert the youngest of the ten German FIFA referees.[2]
Siebert made his international debut on 29 May 2015 when he officiated the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification match between Portugal and Turkey. The first senior international match Siebert officiated was a friendly match between Luxembourg and Moldova on 9 June 2015.
Siebert has officiated 3 matches during the 2020 European Championship. He oversaw the Group D Scotland–Czech Republic fixture, the Group E Sweden–Slovakia match, and the Round of 16 game between Wales and Denmark.
He whistled 4 matches of the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup such as the final match between Tunisia and Algeria.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Siebert was born in Berlin, where he still lives. He works as a teacher part-time at a sports school in Berlin.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ DFB meldet Daniel Siebert für FIFA-Liste
- ^ a b Lange, Jörn (7 November 2014). "Für mich geht ein Traum in Erfüllung" [A dream of mine is fulfilled]. Berliner Morgenpost (in German). Archived from the original on 8 November 2014.
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