fullname internationalyears birth_place birth_date confederation article_title name
karol ihring 1991 & ndash ; 1999 czechoslovakia 8 january 1953 fifa karol ihring
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karol ihring

karol ihring -lrb- born 8 january 1953 -rrb- is a former slovak football referee .
a former youth player with Šk slovan bratislava , he served as a fifa referee for eight years from 1991 .
at international level , ihring presided over qualifiers for uefa euro 1996 and fifa world cup 1998 .
he refereed liverpool 's shock uefa cup defeat to brøndby in october 1995 .
after hanging up his whistle , ihring served as a director for fk dukla banská bystrica from 2000 until 2007 .
ihring also inspired his niece , saša ihringová , to take up officiating .
