Atanas Uzunov is a notable retired Bulgarian football referee

Referee

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, born in the city of Plovdiv

Plovdiv

Plovdiv is the second-largest city in Bulgaria after Sofia with a population of 338,153 inhabitants according to Census 2011. Plovdiv's history spans some 6,000 years, with traces of a Neolithic settlement dating to roughly 4000 BC; it is one of the oldest cities in Europe...

, on 10 November 1955. His career started in 1979 and ended in the year 2000. During that time he was the first official for 189 matches (current record) in the Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

Bulgarian A Professional Football Group

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, the fixture between Switzerland

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 and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 in the UEFA Euro 1996 group stages and many UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League

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 group stage matches as well.

After his retirement he was the chairman of the Bulgarian Refereeing Committee
for a short period of time and later chairman of PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv

PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv

PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv is a Bulgarian football club from the city of Plovdiv, which competes in Bulgaria's top football league, the A PFG. The club was founded on July 25, 1926 when two of the oldest Plovdiv clubs - Atletic and Karadzha united into a new club named Sports Club Plovdiv...

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Internet

• http://sport.plovdiv24.bg/20720.html at sport.plovdiv24.bg