Karol Ihring
Slovak football referee / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Karol Ihring (born 8 January 1953 in Kremnica), is a former Slovak football referee. A former youth player with ŠK Slovan Bratislava, he served as a FIFA referee for eight years from 1991.[2]
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Full name | Karol Ihring | ||
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(1953-01-08) January 8, 1953 (age 71)[1] Czechoslovakia | ||
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1991–1999 | FIFA |
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At international level, Ihring presided over qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1996 and FIFA World Cup 1998.[3] He refereed Liverpool's shock UEFA Cup defeat to Brøndby in October 1995.[4] After hanging up his whistle, Ihring served as a director for FK Dukla Banská Bystrica from 2000 until 2007.[2] Ihring also inspired his niece, Saša Ihringová, to take up officiating.[5]