Ali Bujsaim

Ali Bujsaim
Personal information
Full name Ali Mohamed Bujsaim
Date of birth (1959-09-09) September 9, 1959
Place of birth Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Position(s) Referee
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–2002 FIFA-listed

Ali Mohamed Bujsaim (Arabic: علي بوجسيم, born September 9, 1959, in Dubai) is a retired association football referee from the United Arab Emirates, who is best known for supervising matches at three FIFA World Cups: 1994 (two matches), 1998 (three matches) and 2002 (two matches).

In 2002, he was a referee in the Argentina-Sweden match, where he made a decision to give a red card to Claudio Caniggia, when the latter cursed at him, making Caniggia the first player in world cup history to be expelled while still at the bench.

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