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Manuel Gräfe

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Manuel Gräfe
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Gräfe in 2015
Born (1973-09-21) 21 September 1973 (age 49)
West Berlin
Other occupation Sports scientist
Domestic
Years League Role
1999–2021 DFB Referee
2001–2021 2. Bundesliga Referee
2004–2021 Bundesliga Referee
International
Years League Role
2007–2018 FIFA listed Referee

Manuel Gräfe (born 21 September 1973) is a former German football referee.[1] He refereed for Hertha 03 Zehlendorf of the Berlin Football Association. He was a FIFA referee between 2007 and 2018.

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Association football

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposite team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is considered the world's most popular sport.

Hertha Zehlendorf

Hertha Zehlendorf

The Hertha Zehlendorf is a German football club from the suburb of Zehlendorf in Berlin.

Berlin Football Association

Berlin Football Association

The Berlin Football Association is the umbrella organization of football clubs in the German capital Berlin. The BFV was founded in 1897 and has its headquarters in Berlin. President of the BFV is Bernd Schultz.

FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération internationale de football association is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC, UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF, OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL.

Refereeing career

Gräfe officiated in the 2. Bundesliga from 2001 to 2004 and in the Bundesliga from 2004 until his retirement in 2021.[2] He received his FIFA license in 2007.

He refereed his final match on 22 May 2021, which was between Borussia Dortmund and Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

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2. Bundesliga

2. Bundesliga

The 2. Bundesliga is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below the Bundesliga and above the 3. Liga in the German football league system. All of the 2. Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal, the annual German Cup competition. A total of 127 clubs have competed in the 2. Bundesliga since its foundation.

Bundesliga

Bundesliga

The Bundesliga, sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga or 1. Bundesliga, is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary football competition. The Bundesliga comprises 18 teams and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the 2. Bundesliga. Seasons run from August to May. Games are played on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. All of the Bundesliga clubs take part in the DFB-Pokal cup competition. The winner of the Bundesliga qualifies for the DFL-Supercup.

FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération internationale de football association is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC, UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF, OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL.

Borussia Dortmund

Borussia Dortmund

Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund, BVB, or simply Dortmund, is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional football team, which plays in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. The club have won eight league championships, five DFB-Pokals, one UEFA Champions League, one Intercontinental Cup, and one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH, also known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen, or simply Leverkusen, is a professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The club competes in the Bundesliga, the top tier of German football, and plays its home matches at the BayArena.

Age discrimination claim

The refereeing age limit of 47 is set by the Bundesliga. In July 2021 Gräfe stated he was taking legal action against the German football federation (DFB) over alleged age discrimination,[3] and separately petitions were launched. Fellow former-FIFA referee Markus Merk however stated 'It is a problem in our society that the old cannot let go and that the chances of advancement are more difficult for the descendants. We need change and permeability.'[4] Gräfe indicated he was not seeking to return to refereeing even if the case was successful.[3]

Personal life

Gräfe, a professional sports scientist, lives in Berlin.

Source: "Manuel Gräfe", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, October 28th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Gräfe.

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Further Reading

Miroslav Klose

Oliver Kahn

Michael Ballack

Sebastian Deisler

Markus Merk

Philipp Lahm

Norbert Meier

Manuel Neuer

Jérôme Boateng

Wolfgang Stark

Sebastian Rudy

Felix Brych

2010 DFL-Supercup

Bibiana Steinhaus

Felix Zwayer

2013 DFB-Pokal Final

Marco Fritz

Daniel Siebert (referee)
See also
References
  1. ^ "Rooney blasts ref after missed penalty". Daily Mirror. 13 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Schiedsrichterstatisik von Manuel Gräfe" [Referee statistics of Manuel Gräfe] (in German). kicker. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Long-serving German referee sues DFB over "age discrimination"". Supreme Magazine. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Lawsuit against DFB: ex-referee colleagues criticize Manuel Gräfe". Archysport. 9 July 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
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