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Iran · 213 matches · 2016–2026
The source lists him as A. Faghani (175), Alireza Faghani, Iran (27), Alireza Faghani, Australia (7) and Alireza Faghani (4).
4.05 cards per game — 3% above the average in the same leagues and seasons. More likely to issue cards than 58 % of the 1,543 referees we can compare with.
6 of 6 axes have enough coverage for a comparison
Scale 0–100 · league-adjusted percentile. Each metric shows the referee's average per game.
790 cards in 195 matches
The first yellow card is shown, on average, in minute 34 (median 29), based on the 189 matches where a yellow card was shown.
yellows reds· cards per 15-minute period · scale 0–277
8 of 118 matches were top clashes
He receives roughly as many top clashes as an even allocation in his own league seasons would produce. The difference is within what chance can explain.
| Match | Date | Cards | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auckland1–2Newcastle JetsA-League | 30 nov. 2025 | 3 | Open |
| Al-Ahli Jeddah3–3Al-Hilal Saudi FCPro League | 19 sep. 2025 | 2 | Open |
| Central Coast Mariners2–0Adelaide UnitedA-League | 20 maj 2023 | 3 | Open |
| Central Coast Mariners1–1Melbourne CityA-League | 15 apr. 2023 | 3 | Open |
| Adelaide United4–2Melbourne CityA-League | 3 mars 2023 | 1 | Open |
| Western United0–1Melbourne VictoryA-League | 17 maj 2022 | 4 | Open |
| Melbourne Victory1–1Western UnitedA-League | 23 mars 2022 | 5 | Open |
| Western United2–2Melbourne CityA-League | 12 mars 2022 | 3 | Open |
Yellow cards per game · scale 0–5.00 · dash = too little data
The difference is no larger than chance can explain.
| Season | Competition | Matches | With data | Yellow cards | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | AFC Champions League Elite | 5 | 5 | 20 | 4.00 |
| 2016 | FIFA World Cup qualification | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3.00 |
| 2017 | AFC Champions League Elite | 7 | 7 | 32 | 4.57 |
| 2017 | Confederations Cup | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 |
| 2017 | FIFA World Cup qualification | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 |
| 2018 | AFC Champions League Elite | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 2018 | AFF Championship | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2018 | World Cup | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.50 |
| 2019 | AFC Champions League Elite | 6 | 5 | 21 | 4.20 |
| 2019/20 | A-League | 20 | 20 | 75 | 3.75 |
| 2019 | AFC Asian Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 2019 | FIFA World Cup qualification | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2020 | AFC Champions League Elite | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4.00 |
| 2020/21 | A-League | 19 | 17 | 69 | 4.06 |
| 2021 | AFC Champions League Elite | 3 | 3 | 12 | 4.00 |
| 2021/22 | A-League | 17 | 17 | 73 | 4.29 |
| 2021 | Arab Cup | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022/23 | AFC Champions League Elite | 3 | 3 | 14 | 4.67 |
| 2022/23 | A-League | 21 | 21 | 86 | 4.10 |
| 2022 | Australia Cup | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | Friendly | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2022 | World Cup | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 |
| 2023/24 | AFC Champions League Elite | 9 | 9 | 32 | 3.56 |
| 2023/24 | A-League | 17 | 17 | 73 | 4.29 |
| 2023 | Australia Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| 2023 | FIFA World Cup qualification | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024/25 | AFC Champions League Elite | 7 | 7 | 34 | 4.86 |
| 2024/25 | A-League | 10 | 10 | 22 | 2.20 |
| 2024 | Australia Cup | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2024 | AFC Asian Cup | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 |
| 2024 | FIFA World Cup qualification | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2.67 |
| 2025 | FIFA Club World Cup | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4.75 |
| 2025/26 | AFC Champions League Elite | 6 | 6 | 26 | 4.33 |
| 2025/26 | A-League | 13 | 13 | 45 | 3.46 |
| 2025/26 | Pro League | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.00 |
| 2025 | FIFA World Cup qualification | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 |
| 2026 | World Cup | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2.33 |
| 2026 | World Cup 2026 Qualifying= | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Index | Match | Date | Yellows | Reds | Penalties | Fouls | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | France4–3ArgentinaWorld Cup | 30 juni 2018 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 36 | Open |
| 91 | Syria1–1AustraliaFIFA World Cup qualification | 5 okt. 2017 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 32 | Open |
| 88 | Melbourne Victory2–1Melbourne CityA-League | 6 apr. 2024 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 27 | Open |
| 87 | Melbourne Victory0–2Melbourne CityA-League | 22 okt. 2022 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 28 | Open |
| 87 | Nagoya Grampus2–1Johor Darul Takzim FCAFC Champions League Elite | 4 juli 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30 | Open |
| 86 | Melbourne Victory5–4Western Sydney WanderersA-League | 23 apr. 2021 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | Open |
| 86 | Newcastle Jets2–4Melbourne CityA-League | 8 feb. 2022 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | Open |
| 86 | Macarthur2–1Wellington PhoenixA-League | 12 feb. 2023 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 29 | Open |
| 83 | Johor Darul Takzim FC2–1Suwon BluewingsAFC Champions League Elite | 3 mars 2020 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | Open |
| 83 | Jeonbuk Motors2–2UrawaAFC Champions League Elite | 25 aug. 2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 31 | Open |
Johor Darul Takzim FC has received 3.14 yellow cards per game by him — 22 on 7 matches.
Urawa has received 1 red cards from him over 5 matches.
Urawa has received 2 penalties against them over 5 matches with him.
J. Risdon has received 9 yellow cards from him over 18 matches.
Has only 3 matches with two or more red cards — out of 195 with card data.
6 of 195 matches with card data ended without a yellow card — 3 %.
At least one penalty in 22 % of matches — 41 of 188 with penalty data.
51 % of his cards are issued after the hour mark — 404 of 790. An even distribution would be 33%.
by this referee
| Date | Competition | Match | Results | Yellows | Reds | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 juli 2026 | World Cup | Mexico–England | 2–3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | Open |
| 27 juni 2026 | World Cup | Colombia–Portugal | 0–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 16 juni 2026 | World Cup | France–Senegal | 3–1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 2 apr. 2026 | A-League | Brisbane Roar–Sydney | 0–0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 26 mars 2026 | World Cup 2026 Qualifying= | Bolivia–Suriname | 2–1 | — | — | — | Open |
| 21 mars 2026 | A-League | Brisbane Roar–Wellington Phoenix | 1–2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 11 mars 2026 | AFC Champions League Elite | Vissel Kobe–FC Seoul | 2–1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 17 feb. 2026 | AFC Champions League Elite | Machida Zelvia–Chengdu Better City | 3–2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 9 feb. 2026 | AFC Champions League Elite | Al Wahda–Al-Ahli Jeddah | 0–0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 6 feb. 2026 | A-League | Macarthur–Perth Glory | 2–2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 30 jan. 2026 | A-League | Wellington Phoenix–Melbourne City | 2–2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Open |
| 24 jan. 2026 | A-League | Brisbane Roar–Adelaide United | 2–3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 17 jan. 2026 | A-League | Western Sydney Wanderers–Newcastle Jets | 1–2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 9 jan. 2026 | A-League | Brisbane Roar–Auckland | 0–2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Open |
| 23 dec. 2025 | AFC Champions League Elite | Al Sadd–Shabab Al Ahli Dubai | 4–2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Open |
| Brisbane Roar | 26 | 10–3–13 | 24 | 1.92 | 0 | 10.323 | 2 | 0 | Open |
| Western Sydney Wanderers | 24 | 12–4–8 | 24 | 2.17 | 2 | 12.223 | 4 | 2 | Open |
| Sydney | 24 | 12–6–6 | 23 | 2.00 | 2 | 12.122 | 5 | 2 | Open |
| Adelaide United | 24 | 13–3–8 | 24 | 1.88 | 2 | 12.024 | 1 | 6 | Open |
| Melbourne City | 23 | 10–7–6 | 22 | 2.00 | 1 | 12.122 | 4 | 5 | Open |
| Western United | 21 | 6–5–10 | 20 | 2.10 | 1 | 11.220 | 0 | 3 | Open |
| Wellington Phoenix | 16 | 3–5–8 | 16 | 1.44 | 0 | 7.316 | 5 | 2 | Open |
| Newcastle Jets | 16 | 7–3–6 | 16 | 1.56 | 0 | 10.816 | 1 | 2 | Open |
| Perth Glory | 13 | 3–2–8 | 12 | 1.17 | 0 | 9.112 | 1 | 0 | Open |
| Central Coast Mariners | 13 | 5–5–3 | 11 | 2.09 | 1 | 10.511 | 0 | 2 | Open |
| Macarthur | 13 | 3–3–7 | 13 | 1.92 | 1 | 9.113 | 2 | 2 | Open |
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