Role Referee Years Team Height 1.76 m | 1991 Zenit St. Petersburg Name Vladislav Bezborodov | |
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Full name Vladislav Yuryevich Bezborodov Date of birth (1973-01-15) January 15, 1973 (age 42) Place of birth St. Petersburg, Russian SFSR Children Arina Vladislavovna Bezborodova Parents Yuriy Bezborodov, Asya Nikolayevna Bezborodova Nephews Maksim Vyacheslavovich Malafeev Nieces Kseniya Vyacheslavovna Malafeeva | ||
Playing position Siblings Marina Yuryevna Malafeeva | ||
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Vladislav Yuryevich Bezborodov (Russian: Владислав Юрьевич Безбородов; born January 15, 1973 in St. Petersburg) is a Russian professional football referee and a former footballer.
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Career
As a player, he played for Zenit St. Petersburg, Dynamo St. Petersburg, Dinamo Minsk, and Ventspils. He took a six-year break from football after 5 matches for Zenit in 1991 to study in the United States, where he earned a degree in sports management and business administration. He made his return to Russia in 1998 with Dynamo St. Petersburg in the Russian Second Division. His father Yuri Bezborodov played professionally in 1960s and 1970s for FC Irtysh Omsk and FC Dynamo Leningrad.
Bezborodov became a FIFA referee in 2009. He was selected as one of three Russian referees in the summer of 2010, alongside Maksim Layushkin and Stanislav Sukhina, to work UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches for the upcoming season. Starting in 2012, he officiated in 2014 World Cup qualifying, taking charge of the match between the Czech Republic and Bulgaria.
