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Charles George Reinier Corver

Cover in 1980
Born	(1936-01-16)16 January 1936
Died	10 November 2020(2020-11-10) (aged 84)
Other occupation	sales manager, observer for UEFA-FIFA and KNVB
International
Years	League	Role
1972–1983	FIFA-listed	Referee

Charles George Reinier Corver (16 January 1936 – 10 November 2020) was a Dutch football referee.

Career

He was decorated twice by the Queen (Order of Orange-Nassau) and the football association (KNVB-UEFA-FIFA).

He refereed the 1982 World Cup semifinal between Germany and France in Seville, Spain, when he deemed goalkeeper Harald Schumacher's collision with Patrick Battiston to be not a foul. Battiston remained unconscious for over a minute and sustained the loss of three teeth and a damaged vertebrae. This failure is often considered one of the worst examples of poor refereeing decisions in football.

Corver was a referee at two World Cups and two European championships. He refereed four European Cup finals, ten semifinals, and a final World Cup for clubs in Argentina. More than 140 international matches and more than 600 national matches. After his last final (1983) in Portugal he was an observer for UEFA-FIFA and KNVB for 22 years and a member of the disciplinary committee for sixteen years. His profession was national sales manager at Heineken.

References

1. "Oud-topscheidsrechter Charles Corver (84) overleden". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 11 November 2020.
2. "VIDÉO - France-RFA - Mondial 82 à Séville : l'arbitre Charles Corver revient sur son erreur". RTL.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
3. "World's worst refereeing decisions". BBC News. BBC. 5 January 2005. Retrieved 15 June 2024.

External links

• Charles Corver referee profile at WorldFootball.net
• Profile at weltfussball.de at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 May 2007) (in German)
• Charles Corver referee profile at EU-Football.info
• Charles Corver at WorldReferee.com

Preceded byEuropean Cup Final 1977 Robert Wurtz

European Cup Referees Final 1978 Charles Corver

Succeeded byEuropean Cup Final 1979 Erich Linemayr

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