Sándor Puhl

Sándor Puhl (14 July 1955 – 20 May 2021) was a Hungarian football referee. He officiated four matches at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, including the final between Brazil and Italy. He also officiated the 1997 UEFA Champions League final, where Borussia Dortmund beat Juventus 3–1. He was elected as IFFHS' World's Best Referee of the Year four times in a row between 1994 and 1997. After retiring as a referee, he was deputy chairman of the Hungarian Football Federation between 2000 and 2006, and worked as a co-commentator for a Hungarian sports TV channel.

Puhl died on 20 May 2021, at the age of 65 from post-COVID-19 complications during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.Умер венгерский футбольный арбитр Шандор Пуль, судивший финал ЧМ-1994 

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