Mohsen Torky

Mohsen Torky
Full name Mohsen Torky
Born (1973-07-11) July 11, 1973
Boshruyeh, South Khorasan, 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 an Iranian football referee who has been refereeing in Iran's Pro League for a few seasons and has been on the international list from 2003 to 2013. He was the first Iranian referee to officiate 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 an 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 was also officiate in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. He announced his retirement in February 2013 but it was later denied.

AFC Champions League

2007

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

2008

Match Day Home Score Away
1
 Pohang Steelers South Korea
0 - 2
 Australia Adelaide United
3
 Kashima Antlers Japan
1 - 0
 China Beijing Guoan

2009

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

2011

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

AFC Cup

2007

Match Day Home Score Away
1
 Osotspa Saraburi F.C. Thailand
4 - 0
 Malaysia Pahang FA
4
 Al-Muharraq Bahrain
1 - 1
 Yemen Al-Hilal
SF
 Al-Nejmeh Lebanon
0 - 0
 Jordan Shabab Al-Ordun

2009

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

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA Referee list". FIFA. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  2. ↑ ترکی داور دربی 66 (in Persian). Iran Football Federation. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
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