Nikolai Levnikov
Russian football referee (born 1956)
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Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov (Russian: Николай Владиславович Левников; born 15 May 1956 in Pinsk, Belarus) is a retired Russian football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.[1]
Pinsk, Soviet Union now Belarus
| Full name | Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
15 May 1956 Pinsk, Soviet Union now Belarus | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1989–2001 | Russian Football Premier League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1990–2001 | FIFA-listed | Referee | |
He is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1993[2] to 2001.[3] Levnikov was active at numerous international tournaments. He refereed the Group D contest between Turkey and Denmark at the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship in England[4] and two matches in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia.[5] He also officiated in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship[6] and qualifiers for Euro 1996[7] and Euro 2000,[8] in addition to 1998[9] and 2002 World Cup qualifiers.[3]
His son Kirill Levnikov became FIFA referee in 2016.
