Alexandru Tudor
Alexandru Dan Tudor (born 13 September 1971) is a retired
Romanian
football referee. He refereed his first match in the
Romanian First Division on 15 May 1999, when he officiated a match between
Universitatea Craiova and
Universitatea Cluj. He was a FIFA-listed referee from 2001 to 2016, and refereed his first
UEFA Champions League qualifying match on 31 July 2002. He took charge of a
UEFA Cup first round match between
Celta de Vigo and
Odense Boldklub two months later, but it was not until 4 November 2008 that he refereed his first Champions League group stage match, when he officiated a match between
Barcelona and
Basel. He refereed his last official match in the
Romanian First Division on 14 December 2018, when he officiated a thrilling game between
Concordia Chiajna and
FC Politehnica Iași, 3-6. Nicknamed
Brad Pitt thanks to his looks, Tudor holds the record for the most games officiated in Liga 1, with over 380 matches under his badge.
At international level, Tudor has officiated at the
2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship, qualifying matches for
Euro 2004,
Euro 2008, and
Euro 2012, and the
2006,
2010, and
2014 World Cup qualifiers.
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