Yūichi Nishimura
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Yūichi Nishimura is a male association football referee from Japan. Born in Tokyo in 1972, he began his work period in 1999. He holds the position of FIFA referee and speaks Japanese. His name in native language is 西村雄一, and in kana it is にしむら ゆういち.
There is also an author named Yūichi Nishimura, born in 1984, who has one work titled Jōsō no Bushon. This individual is associated with concepts including geology, seismology, oceanography, geochemistry, and geography. He has 117 works, is cited by 2919 sources, and has an h index of 27. Another record lists five works for a Yūichi Nishimura.
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Key facts
- 1999
- J. League Division 1
- Full name
- Yuichi Nishimura
- Born
- ( 1972-04-17 ) 17 April 1972 (age 54) , Tokyo , Japan
- Years
- League
- 2004 2014
- FIFA listed
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Place of birth
- Tokyo
- Occupation
- association football referee
- Position held
- FIFA referee
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Sport
- association football
- Image
- Yuichi Nishimura.jpg
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- Commons category
- Yuichi Nishimura
- date of birth
- 1972-04-17
- name in kana
- にしむら ゆういち
- name in native language
- 西村雄一
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Yuichi Nishimura (西村 雄一, Nishimura Yūichi; born 17 April 1972) is a Japanese football referee. He has refereed in the Japanese J. League Division 1 since 1999 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2004.
He refereed at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he was appointed to several prestigious matches, including as fourth official on the final. He also refereed the opening match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup between hosts Brazil and Croatia, and the second leg of the 2014 AFC Champions League final between Al Hilal and Western Sydney Wanderers.
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