which referee has attended the most number of matches in world cup history?
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The man who has refereed most matches is Frenchman Joël Quiniou. He was in charge of 8 matches between 1986-1994
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It was the Brazilian Ronaldo. He scored 8 goals.\n\nOn a side note, having scored 4 in the previous world cup, his World Cup goals total now stands at 12. The top scorer in World Cup history is Gerd Muller (Germany, 14 total, over 2 tournaments : 1970 & 1974) and the top scorer in one single World Cup tournament is Just Fontaine (France, 13 goals, in 1958)
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If you mean the World Cup then 2 times!!!!
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3 times (1990, 2002 and 2006)\n\nhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/team/profile.html?team=CRC\n\nI already knew, but found a URL also... do you know that Yahoo has a search function?
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The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, universally known by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer) and the largest sporting organization in the world. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland and its current president is Sepp Blatter.
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this is pretty nifty:\n\nhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/stats/top10.html\n\ntallest are Zeljko Kalac (who..?) from Australia, Jan Koller from Czech Repub, and Nikola Zigic from Serbia & Montenegro.
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soccer, here was a player who scored 19 goals in the world cup. \nthey say  that is a record  that may never be broken.\nlook that  question up in the  nj star-ledger newspapers sports section."world cup page"
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i believe 5 at this years cup, referee, 2 assistants, and 4th and 5th officials off field
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mark merkus he was referee of euro 2004 LARRIONDA Jorge wa the referee in usa italy match
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Referee: Jan Langenus (BEL)\nAssistant Referee 1: Ulises Saucedo (BOL)\nAssistant Referee 2:  Henry Christophe (BEL)
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You missed one, there have been 8.\n\n\nRobert Guerin (Fra) 1904-1906\nDaniel Burley Woolfall (Eng) 1906-1918\nJules Rimet (Fra) 1921-1954\nRodolphe William Seeldrawers (Bel)1954-1955\n**Arthur Drewry (Eng)1955-1961**-The one you missed\nSir Stanley Rous (Eng) 1961-1974\nJoao Havelange (Bra) 1974-1998\nJoseph Blatter (Swi) 1998-Present
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The FIFA World Cup is played every four (4) years. Currently, the tournament has thirty two (32) participating countries in the competition, but it was not always so.\n\nThe first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930 had thirteen (13) teams. The number of teams per tournament has varied, but went to thirty two (32) teams for the 1998 World Cup held in France, and remains that many today.\n\nThe World Cup is held in a different country each time, although several countries have held the tournament multiple times, just not in back-to-back competitions.
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I don´t know,\n\nI have a hunch it was Ronaldo in 1994 in the United States, even though he didn´t play one single match.  He was 17 at the time.  But Pelé could also be the record holder, because in 1958, in Brazil´s first championhip run, he was a starter and won the world cup in Sweden against the hosts, when he wa also 17.
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The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, known worldwide by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer) and the largest sporting organization in the world. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter.
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Marcana stadium in Rio De Generio in Brazil. It is the largest stadium in the world with a sitting capacity of 200,000. Incidentally it also holds the record of the biggest number of spectators in a match for any sport. The Football World Cup final in 1950 between Brazil & Uruguay was watched by over 190,000 people.
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The FIFA World Cup is the most significant competition in world football. The World Cup is contested by the men's national football teams of member nations of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (the sport's global governing body). The event takes place every four years and involves 32 national teams competing over a four-week period in a previously nominated host nation.
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Frank De Bleeckere of Belgium.\n\nIncidentally he has been retained for the latter stages, and will officiate the Italy v Ukraine quarter-final.