The attempt of Melo Pereira, or maybe of Stavros Tritsonis, to find a referee from the elite category of UEFA once again found a wall and so in the derby of the "eternals" Adrien Zakote was appointed. The 35-year-old is the second Swiss to whistle in the Super League championship, after the 36-year-old San Fedagi, who was appointed in the derby between Olympiacos and PAOK.
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The biography of the Derby lord does not, however, refer only to a referee with parchment. It became international at 2011, it took three years to advance to the second category and ... stayed there. And in his first 35 run, the elite doesn't catch up with his age and let's say ... "It's hard to get to the top, but I'd lie if I didn't want to be in the elite of refereeing for the Champions League."
What he did manage, however, was to sell hot dogs, as he revealed in an interview in February 2014, to try out as a singer, become a lawyer and learn six languages. English, German, French, Catalan, Spanish and Italian are spoken by Zakote, born in Basel on 19/7/1983, who is a lawyer by profession, a partner in a company based in his hometown and is considered an expert in national and international contracts, corporate , banking and litigation.
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"I played football when I was little. I took part in Youth tournaments that lasted for two days each year. As members of the team we played in the games, while helping the club. We sold hot dogs or even acted as referees in children's matches. I preferred the latter. It turned out to be a great choice because then I decided to attend diet seminars and make a career in arbitration. However, I had no idea where this road would take me, "said Zakote in an interview, who has whistled 40 international matches and has as his idol his compatriot, veteran referee, Massimo Bouzaka.
His experience in European racing is small. In the group stage he has only beaten in one match for the Europa League, the 2015-16 season (Tottenham Hotspur - 3-1). He also has two Champions League and 10 qualifying matches for the Europa League.
In total, it has arbitrated 280 games in Europe, Austria, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia and Poland. Of these seven are for the Super League in Switzerland, this season where 43 has yellow. Ten of them, on 20 / 10 on Zurich's 3-3 with Jung Boise.
Aroma of Greece got on 13/05/15 when he refereed France - Greece 3-0 for the group stage of Euro 2015 at K17 level. On 23/7/2018, he whistled in the friendly of the Men's National Team against Egypt (1-0 with a goal by Karelis) in Zurich.
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