Aleksei Nikolaev (referee) explained

Aleksei Nikolaev
Birth Name:	Aleksei Valeryevich Nikolaev Russian: Алексей Валерьевич Николаев
Birth Date:	1 August 1971
Birth Place:	Moscow, USSR
Citizenship:	Russia
Occupation:	Referee

Aleksei Valeryevich Nikolaev (Russian: Алексей Валерьевич Николаев; born 1 August 1971 in Moscow) is a former Russian football referee. He has been a FIFA international referee from 2007 to 2017.^[1] In 2011, he was selected for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mexico.^[2] Nikolaev has also officiated in 2010 World Cup qualifiers.^[3]

He works in the Russian Football Union refereeing committee since retiring as a referee.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Russia: Referees . FIFA . 10 October 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121107151226/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=rus/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html . 7 November 2012 . dead . NIKOLAEV Alexey.
2. FIFA. "Match Report - Burkina Faso - Ecuador 0:2 (0:0)" . June 26, 2011. Retrieved on May 2, 2013.
3. FIFA. "Match Report - Serbia - Faroe Islands 2:0 (1:0)" . September 6, 2008. Retrieved on May 2, 2013.