Mohsen Torky

Mohsen Torky

Personal information
Full name	Mohsen Torky
Born	July 11, 1973 (1973-07-11) (age 38) Mashhad, Iran
Domestic
Years	League	Role
2000–	Iran Pro League	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
2003–	FIFA listed [1]	Referee

Mohsen Torky (Persian: محسن ترکی) is a Football referee in Iran who has been refing in Iran's Pro League for a few seasons and has been on the international list since 2003. He was the first Iranian referee to ref the Tehran derby after 14 years.^[2]

Referee career

Mohsen Torky started to officiate in the top league in Iran in 2000 and after just three years he became a FIFA listed referee. In 2007 Torky became a AFC Elite referee which meant that now he will regularely referee games in the AFC Champions League. In 2006 he refereed his first game in the Champions league between Al-Arabi and Al Quwa Al Jawiya and in 2007 he officiated an AFC Cup semi final.

During the 2008/09 season Torky officiated 4 games in the 2010 FIFA world cup qualifications. He also officiated four games in the group stage of the 2009 AFC Champions League but the biggest test of Torky's career came in the 66th Tehran derby when he became the first Iranian referee to officiate the game in 14 years. He did such a great job that he officiated the Tehran derby again in the 2009/10 season. Torky is now a candidate to officiate in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup.

AFC Champions League

2007

Match Day	Home	Score	Away
5	Al-Zawraa	3 - 2	Al-Arabi

2008

Match Day	Home	Score	Away
1	Pohang Steelers	0 - 2	Adelaide United
3	Kashima Antlers	1 - 0	Beijing Guoan

2009

Match Day	Home	Score	Away Shandong_Luneng
1	Kawasaki Frontale	1 - 0	Tianjin Teda
3	Shandong Luneng	2 - 0	Seoul
4	Suwon Bluewings	2 - 1	Shanghai Shenhua
6	Beijing Guoan	1 - 1	Nagoya Grampus

2011

Match Day	Home	Score	Away
1	Al-Sadd	5 - 1	Al-Ittihad

AFC Cup

2007

Match Day	Home	Score	Away
1	Osotspa Saraburi F.C.	4 - 0	Pahang FA
4	Al-Muharraq	1 - 1	Al-Hilal
SF	Al-Nejmeh	0 - 0	Shabab Al-Ordun

2009

Match Day	Home	Score	Away
Round of 16	Al-Arabi	2 - 1	Safa
QF-SL	Arbil	0 - 1	Al-Kuwait

References

1. ^ "(English) FIFA Referee list". FIFA. http://www.ffiri.ir/html/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&highlight=&sid=1574. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 
2. ^ "(Persian) ترکی داور دربی 66". Iran Football Federation. http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/refereeing/association=irn/peoplekind=ref.html. Retrieved 2009-04-23. 

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Name	Torky, Mohsen
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Date of birth	1973-07-11
Place of birth	Mashhad, Iran
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