Anders Frisk (born 18 February 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is an insurance agent by trade and is widely regarded as one of Europe's best football referees.

Contents

1 Referee data 2 Career 2.1 1991-1993 2.2 1996 2.3 1999 2.4 2000 2.5 2002-2004

Referee data

• Date of birth: 18.02.1963
• Place of birth: Gothenburg (SWE)
• Nationality: Swedish
• Hometown: M�lndal (SWE)
• Profession: Insurance agent
• Languages: Swedish, English and German
• Height: 184cm
• Weight: 73kg

Career

Frisk was born on 18 February 1963 in the Swedish city of Gothenburg, and currently lives in M�lndal, his hometown. An insurance agent by trade, he has been refereeing since 1978, began taking charge of Swedish top-division matches in 1989, and was awarded his FIFA badge in 1991. In addition to refereeing at the highest level, Frisk is also acting as an ambassador for the UEFA/International Committee of the Red Cross campaign highlighting the plight of children in war, which will be given widespread exposure at the Portugal final round. He travelled to Sierra Leone this spring for a first-hand view of the ICRC's work, and declared himself deeply moved by the scenes of families reuniting.

1991-1993

In 1991, he travelled to Switzerland to take charge of matches in the UEFA European Under-16 Championship final round. A stint at the FIFA Under-17 World Championship in Japan two years later was followed by recognition at elite UEFA levels.

1996

Picked for EURO '96 in England, Frisk refereed the 3-3 thriller between Russia and the Czech Republic in Liverpool.

1999

He was forced to miss the FIFA World Cup in France in 1998 with a back injury, but recovered so well that he was named to take charge firstly of the FIFA Confederations? Cup final ? between Brazil and Mexico in 1999.

2000

The highlight of his career came soon after when he was selected to officiate the EURO 2000 final between France and Italy in Rotterdam. The appointment "brought me out in goose pimples," he says.

2002-2004

Since then, Frisk has stayed at the forefront of the European refereeing scene. He took charge of two matches in the FIFA World Cup in Japan/Korea 2002, and has continued to earn himself a high profile as a referee with a number of world and European big-game assignments. In May, he officiated at the UEFA Champions League semi-final second leg between Chelsea FC and AS Monaco FC.

On September 15 2004, Frisk was forced to abandon a match he was refereeing between AS Roma and Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage of the 2004-05 Champions League after he was hit by a missile thrown from the stands as he walked off the field at half-time. He was seen to be bleeding quite heavily and subsequently abandoned the match. UEFA eventually awarded the match to Kyiv as a 3�0 forfeit, and ordered that Roma play its remaining two home fixtures in the group stage behind closed doors.

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