Referee Ángel Sánchez

Ángel Sánchez (born March 3, 1957) is a former football (soccer) referee from Argentina, best known for supervising two matches (South Africa–Slovenia and Portugal–South Korea) during the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in South Korea and Japan.

The latter game became noted as Sánchez was hit in the stomach by Portuguese attacker João Pinto after Sánchez gave Pinto a red card for a tackle against Park Ji-Sung.

Ángel Sánchez
Full name Ángel Osvaldo Sánchez
Born (1957-03-03) 3 March 1957 (age 67)
Argentina
Years Role
1982–2006 Referee
Referee
International
Years League Role
FIFA listed Referee

Sánchez's official first division debut was in 1982; he retired in 2006.

References

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2002 FIFA World CupArgentinaAssociation footballJapanJoão Vieira PintoPark Ji-SungPortugal national football teamReferee (association football)Slovenia national football teamSouth Africa national football teamSouth KoreaSouth Korea national football team

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