Italian referee Alessandro Malfer has been voted by Futsal Planet, for the second time, the world’s best futsal referee of 2014 with 543 points, ahead of the Hungarian Gabor Kovacs and English Marc Birkett. Alessandro Malfer, 41, started his refereeing career in 2002 and earned his FIFA futsal badge in 2011. Three years later he was selected for the UEFA Futsal Euro in Belgium and the UEFA Futsal Cup final in Azerbaijan. Malfer was appointed this year to the UEFA Futsal Euro final.
FP World’s Best Futsal Referees 2015
1. Alessandro Malfer (ITA, photo) 543 p
2. Gabor Kovacs (HUN) 466 p
3. Marc Birkett (ENG) 402 p
4. Gean Telles (BRA) 327 p
5. Tomohiro Kozaki (JPN) 265 p
6. Daniel Rodriguez (URU) 201 p
7. Chris Colley (AUS) 169 p
8. Leroy Brown (GUA) 96 p
9. Sherif Soliman (EGY) 94 p
10. Amitesh Behari (FIJ) 47 p