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Howard Webb is an English football referee known for officiating matches at the highest levels of the sport. He matters because referees play a crucial role in enforcing the rules and making key decisions that directly affect the outcome of games.
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Key facts
- Full name
- Howard Melton Webb
- Born
- ( 1971-07-14 ) 14 July 1971 (age 54) , Rotherham , England
- Other occupation
- Police Officer with South Yorkshire Police
- Years
- League
- 1993 1995
- Northern Counties East
- 1995 1998
- Northern Counties East
- 1996 1998
- Football League
- 1998 2000
- Premier League
- 2000 2003
- Football League
- 2003 2014
- Premier League
- 2005 2014
- FIFA listed
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Webb
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Rotherham
- Spouse
- Bibiana Steinhaus
- Occupation
- association football referee
- Position held
- FIFA referee
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- Arsenal LFC v Kelly Smith All-Stars XI (137).jpg
- Height
- 188
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- Commons category
- Howard Webb
- date of birth
- 1971-07-14
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
- nickname
- Shrek
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Encyclopedic overview
Howard Melton Webb MBE (born 14 July 1971) is an English former professional football referee who officiated primarily in the Premier League from 2003 to 2014, as well as for FIFA as a FIFA international referee from 2005 to 2014.
Webb is counted amongst the all-time top referees by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics and refereed a number of notable matches in England including the FA Cup final, the FA Community Shield and the final of the League Cup. In 2010, he became the first person to referee the finals of both the UEFA Champions League and FIFA World Cup in the same year.
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