Pol van Boekel

{{Short description|Dutch footballer (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Pol van Boekel | image = | fullname = Paulus Hendrikus Martinus van Boekel | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|09|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Vierlingsbeek, Netherlands | height = | position = Defender | years1 = 1994–2000 | clubs1 = VVV | caps1 = 127 | goals1 = 8 }} {{short description|Dutch football referee}}

{{Infobox football official | name = | image = Pol van Boekel.jpg | caption = Pol van Boekel (center) in 2007 | full_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | years1 = | league1 = Eredivise | role1 = Referee | internationalyears1 = 2008– | confederation1 = FIFA listed | internationalrole1 = Referee }}

'''Paulus Hendrikus Martinus van Boekel''' (born 19 July 1975) is a Dutch international football referee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=VAR hakemi Pol van Boekel nereli, kaç yaşında? Pol van Boekel kimdir? |url=https://www.hursozgazetesi.com/var-hakemi-pol-van-boekel-nereli-kac-yasinda-pol-van-boekel-kimdir |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=Hürsöz Gazetesi – Son Dakika Haberleri |language=tr}}</ref>

Van Boekel also played football professionally himself, six seasons with Eerste Divisie club VVV.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ererat.nl/asp/eersterat_spelerpaspoort.asp?spelerid=7664&inclEre=0|title=Pol van Boekel|website=Eersterat|language=nl|access-date=25 April 2026}}</ref>

He refereed at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,<ref>[http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=1072&linkType=referee&contextType=bio Profile]</ref> beginning with the match between Moldova and England.

Van Boekel became a FIFA referee in 2008.<ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131015091540/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/europe/matches/round=258374/match=300182319/report.html "Match Report – Moldova – England 0:5 (0:3)"]. 7 September 2012. Retrieved on 23 May 2013.</ref>

==Controversial calls== On 7 July 2021, he was the video assistant referee (VAR) for the Euro 2020 semifinal match between England and Denmark. Controversially, he chose to uphold referee Danny Makkelie's decision to award a penalty for a foul on Raheem Sterling of England.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/en/football/uefa-euro/2021/07/08/60e6caf746163fe95a8b462a.html|title=Danny Makkelie: The referee who made the biggest error of the season|date=8 July 2021}}</ref>

On 26 October 2022 he was the video assistant referee (VAR) for the 2022–2023 UEFA Champions League Group stage match between Tottenham Hotspur and Sporting CP, he controversially ruled out Harry Kane's injury time winner which would have meant Tottenham went through to the round of 16 in the Champions league.

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