FIFA Referee at the Iber Cup 2014 !
Danny Makkelie is a FIFA referee from the Netherlands and regarded by many as one of Europe's future refereeing stars. He confirmed today he will be participating to the Iber Cup 2014 as a coach and assessor. He will be evaluating, as part of our assessors group, the performance of the referees during the tournament as well as giving an evening session on July 2nd to all the participating referees who are interested in knowing more about "refereeing at the international level".
Danny is only 31 years old and already a UEFA Category 1 FIFA referee. He was promoted to the FIFA list in 2011 while refereeing at the top level of Dutch football, the Eredivisie, since 2009. He is a regular on UEFA's second top competition, the Europa League where he refereed a number of matches over the past two seasons, He was also the referee of the 2012 Under 19 European Championship final between Spain and Greece.
A policeman in his daily life, he is also heavily involved in the training and coaching of young referees in his home region of Rotterdam. We are happy to welcome him to the Iber Cup 2014 as we believe his conribution to our tournament and to the coaching and assessing of referees will be of vital importance for bringing the Iber Cup refereeing project to the next level !
WELCOME DANNY !
Danny is only 31 years old and already a UEFA Category 1 FIFA referee. He was promoted to the FIFA list in 2011 while refereeing at the top level of Dutch football, the Eredivisie, since 2009. He is a regular on UEFA's second top competition, the Europa League where he refereed a number of matches over the past two seasons, He was also the referee of the 2012 Under 19 European Championship final between Spain and Greece.
A policeman in his daily life, he is also heavily involved in the training and coaching of young referees in his home region of Rotterdam. We are happy to welcome him to the Iber Cup 2014 as we believe his conribution to our tournament and to the coaching and assessing of referees will be of vital importance for bringing the Iber Cup refereeing project to the next level !
WELCOME DANNY !
Danny Makkelie debut on the Dutch Eredivisie (2009)