VAR referee for Gaziantep FK - Galatasaray match announced: Which foreign referee will be in the VAR room?
The foreign VAR referee for the Gaziantep FK-Galatasaray match will be Fabio Maresca from the Italian Football Federation.
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It has been announced that Fabio Maresca from the Italian Football Federation will serve as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for the Gaziantep FK-Galatasaray match, which will be played this evening in the 22nd week of the Süper Lig.
In the 22nd week of the Süper Lig, Galatasaray will be the guest of Gaziantep FK today at 20:00. Referee Kadir Sağlam will officiate the match. Sağlam will be assisted by Süleyman Özay and Murat Ergin Gözütok. The 4th official of the match will be Burak Olcar.
WHO IS FABIO MARESCA?
Fabio Maresca is a football referee born on April 12, 1981, in Naples, Italy. He has been refereeing professionally since 1997. He was promoted to the FIFA refereeing category in 2020. Throughout his career, he has officiated 230 matches, showing 1153 yellow cards and 94 red cards in these matches.
Maresca has previously officiated matches for the Turkish National Football Team, as well as Fenerbahçe and Trabzonspor. He officiated the match on June 19, 2023, in which Turkey defeated Wales 2-0.