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Ali Palabıyık
Football referee who progressed to Türkiye’s top referee classification in 2012.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Born in Ankara in 1981, he played amateur football as a goalkeeper before joining a referee course in February 2000. His first amateur match as referee was on 25 May that year.
He entered Gazi University’s physical education and sport programme in 2005 and graduated in 2009. In his 2014 TFF interview he described his work as a teacher alongside his refereeing career.
After working through the domestic classifications, he reached the upper classification in 2012. The interview explains his approach to communicating with players and reviewing his performances.
Career and education
Teams and organisations
Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu
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