User:Koora.football/Ali Al Traifi

Ali Ahmed Al Tarifi (born December 19, 1960) is a former Saudi international football referee, lecturer and refereeing expert, and member of the AFC Arbitration Committee. He was among the most prominent assistant referees on the Asian continent.

His career
Al-Tarifi began refereeing in 1988, and retired in 2005. He participated in the arbitration of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan in 2002, and received good ratings after leaving a clear imprint in the opening meeting between the French team and the Senegalese team, which qualified him to be present among the refereeing staff for the match to determine the third and fourth places Between the Turkish national team and the South Korean team. 

In 2007, became Referee Assessor in AFC & FIFA.

In 2017, Al-Tarifi was appointed Director of the Referees Department in the Jordanian Football Association.

In 2019 was appointed director of the referees Department in UAE until now.United Arab Emirates Football Association

His career
- Gulf Club Cup Jeddah 1998

- World Cup Qualifiers 2002 - 2006

- Asian Club Finals 2002

- World Cup 2002 in Korea and Japan (five matches, one of which is the opening and the third and fourth)

- Arab Clubs Championship 2003 Jeddah

- West Asia Championship in Iran 2004

- Gulf Cup Championship Qatar 2004

- Tiger Cup Singapore 2005

- AFC CUP final match Lebanon 2005

- 9 final matches (5 local and 4 international)

Most important activities & responsibilities after retirement:
- Member of the Strategic Committee for the Development of referees in AFC until August 2013.

- Member of the Asian Referees Committee from January 2014

- Technical Advisor to the Referees Department of the AFC from August 2013 until August 2016 - Director of the Referees Department In the Jordanian FA from October 2017 to the end of May 2018

- Director of the referees Department in UAE from Mar 2019 until now

- Referee Instructor in AFC from 2007

- Referee Assessor in AFC & FIFA from 2007

- Recruiter for AFC elite referees from 2007

- FIFA referee Instructor from 2008

- Video Assessor in AFC from 2009

- Referee Assessor for AFC U16 Qualifiers in Thailand 2007

- Referee Assessor for AFC U19 Qualifiers in UAE 2009

- Referee Assessor for AFC U19 final in Saudi 2008

- In charge of the refereeing during West Asian Championship in IRAN 2008

- Referees Performance Analyst at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Egypt 2009

- In charge of the refereeing during AFC U14 festival for referees 2008-2009 - 2011

- Attendance of international instructors courses organize by The FA in England 2003-2004

- One of the main instructors during AFC referees elite courses from 2009 until now.

- One of the main instructors during AFC referee assessors & instructors courses from 2010 until now.

- One of main instructors for Project future referees in AFC from 2009 until the end of the project 2017.

- Conduct more than 120 courses in Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Uzbekistan, Malaysia, Lebanon, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, China, Finland, India, Turkmenistan, Morocco, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, Thailand, Brunei, Afghanistan, Egypt, Sudan (26 Country).

- Participate in annual meeting for referees instructors in FIFA since 2008.

- Referee Assessor & Instructors for AFC U16 final in Uzbekistan 2010

- Referee Assessor & Instructor for Asian cup final in Qatar 2011

- Referees Performance Analyst at the FIFA U20 World Cup in Colombia 2011

- Referee Assessor for President Cup in Tajikistan 2012

- Referee Assessor & Instructors for AFC U16 final in Iran 2012

- Main instructor for AFC U23 final in Oman 2014.

- Main instructor for AFC U14 final in Iran 2014.

- Main instructor for AFC U19 final in Myanmar 2014.

- Referee Assessor for Asian Cup final in Australia 2015

- Main instructor for AFC U22 final in Qatar 2016.

- Referee assessor for Olympic 2016 qualifiers in Japan 2016 (Women).

- Main instructor for AFC U19 final in Bahrain 2016.

- Referee assessor in FIFA world  U20 Korea 2017.

- Main instructor for Women Asian cup final Jordan 2018.

- Main instructor for Asian game in Indonesia 2018.

- Main instructor for AFC U19 final in Indonesia 2018.

- Main instructor for Asian cup final in UAE 2019.

- Main instructor for AFC U19 Women final Thailand 2019