Indonesian Vs Japan National Team Match Led By Iranian Referee Bonyadifard Mooud
JAKARTA - The match between the Indonesian vs Japan national team in Group C of the Third Round of the 2026 World Cup Qualification will be a match with high tension and prestige. Given the importance of this match, the presence of neutral referees is equally important.
For the match which was held at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium (SUGBK) on November 15, 2024, the referee who will be on duty is Bonyadifard Mooud. Coming from Iran, the judge apparently had a controversial record while leading in Liga 1.
Bonyadifard Mooud was born in Shahrekord, Iran, on September 8, 1985. The 39-year-old has been licensed by FIFA since 2013.
In his career, Bonyadifard Mooud apparently led the match in Liga 1 in 2017, namely PSM vs Persija, Persib vs Bhayangkara FC, Persib vs Sriwijaya FC, and Arema vs Persib.
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However, while leading the PSM vs Persija match, the performance of referee Bonyadifard Mooud was highlighted because he made a controversial decision.
He is known to have annulled the goals of PSM players, Wiljan Pluim, because they were considered handball. This made PSM management file an official protest to PT Liga Indonesia Baru (LIB) and PSSI.
Not only in the domestic league, BOND Mooud has also led the U-19 vs Japan U-19 Indonesian national team match in the 2018 U-19 Asian Cup quarter-finals. The match ended in a 2-0 Blue Samurai victory.
The referee's career is also quite wide because he has experience to lead the Asian Champions League, Asian Cup, AFC Cup matches, to World Cup Qualifiers.
The most recent record shows that Bonyadifard Mooud also leads the match in the Asian 2 Champions League between Selangor FC vs Jeonbuk Hyundai on October 23, 2024.
The leadership of the referee from Iran in the Indonesia vs Japan national team match is expected to be fair and neutral.
You see, previously there had been controversy over referees from Oman who were considered to be one-sided when leading the match of the Indonesian national team vs Bahrain.