Toshimitsu Yoshida (吉田寿光, Yoshida Toshshimitsu) | |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1963 |
Birth Place: | Tochigi |
Years1: | 1997-2017[1] |
League1: | J.League |
Role1: | Referee |
Years2: | 2012-13 |
League2: | Chinese Super League |
Role2: | Referee |
Internationalyears1: | 2001-05 |
Confederation1: | Asian Football Confederation |
Internationalrole1: | Referee |
[2] is a Japanese football referee currently officiating in the J.League. Yoshida was suspended at international level by the Asian Football Confederation for a controversial decision made during a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification match between Bahrain and Uzbekistan in which Uzbekistan should have retaken a penalty for encroachment but instead awarded a free-kick to Bahrain.[3]