Ramesh Ramdhan (born July 25, 1960) is a football (soccer) referee from Trinidad and Tobago. He was the first referee from the Caribbean to officiate in the World Cup Finals (Japan-Croatia) during the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France.
Ramdhan also officiated at numerous FIFA competitions, including the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup,FIFA. FIFA U17 Ecuador 95 FIFA U 17 Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Conembol U 23 Colombia 94 Pan Am Games Argentina 95 Only Referee from the Caribbean to referee professionally J League 1999 Refereed 4 Concacaf Gold Cups Officiated the 1996 and 1998 Final matches"Match Report - Uruguay - South Africa 4:3 (2:1)". 17 December 1997. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. the 1995FIFA. "Match Report - Australia - Spain 2:2 (1:0)". 4 August 1995. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. and 2001 FIFA U-17 World Championships,FIFA. "Match Report - France - Nigeria 1:2 (0:1)". 14 September 2001. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. and qualifying matches for the 1994,Owsiański, Jarosław. "International Matches 1992 - North and Central America and Caribbean". RSSSF, 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. 1998,FIFA. "Match Report - Jamaica - Costa Rica 1:0 (0:0)". 14 September 1997. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. 2002,FIFA. "Match Report - Antigua and Barbuda - St. Vincent / Grenadines 2:1 (1:0)". 7 May 2000. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. and 2006 World Cups.FIFA. "Match Report - USA - Panama 6:0 (1:0)". 13 October 2004. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. He also officiated at the 1993,Courtney, Barrie. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details". RSSSF, 28 February 2013. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. 1996,Courtney, Barrie. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details". RSSSF, 26 April 2007. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. 1998,Courtney, Barrie. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1998 - Full Details". RSSSF, 20 February 2005. Retrieved on 26 April 2013. and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cups.Courtney, Barrie. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details". RSSSF, 19 November 2005. Retrieved on 26 April 2013.
Assistant referee Caleb Wales, who was appointed to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, cited Ramdhan as his inspiration to become a referee himself. Wales stated that he watched the games that Ramdhan oversaw at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
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