Ahmet Çakar
Ahmet Çakar (born 3 August 1962) is a Turkish sportscaster and a former football referee.

Information
He is famous for the abrasive manner in which he presents the Show TV sports programme Altıpas, being described as "Turkey's most controversial football pundit". He also writes sports articles for Sabah newspaper. He is a medical doctor as well. Currently he is a commentator on the Turkish football television programme Beyaz Futbol, on Beyaz TV.

In March 2013, Çakar appeared on TV claiming that the draws for the quarter-finals of UEFA's club competitions had been fixed by those making the draw "carry[ing] metal objects that sensed vibrations in the balls being selected".

According to IFFHS, he is one of the world's best referees of the quarter of a century

Biography
He was born in Istanbul in 1962. He completed his high school education at Istanbul Erkek Lisesi in 1980. Then he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Istanbul University.

In 2004, he was shot and wounded in the groin and abdomen in Istanbul.

Major matches refereed
 18 June 1996 – Romania – Spain (1-2) UEFA Euro 1996 1. round
 1 March 1995 – A.C. Milan – Benfica (2-0) UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal
 5 April 1995 – Bayern Munich – Ajax Amsterdam (0-0) UEFA Champions League Semi Finals
 20 March 1993 – Ghana – Brazil (1-2) World Youth Cup (U-20) Final

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1962 births
Living people
Sports commentators
Turkish journalists
Turkish football referees
Sabah (newspaper) people
UEFA Euro 1996 referees