Patrick Ittrich (born 3 January 1979) is a German football referee who is based in Hamburg. He referees for Mümmelmannsberger SV of the Hamburg Football Association.[1]
| Born |
3 January 1979 Hamburg, West Germany | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Other occupation | Police officer | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2003– | DFB | Referee | |
| 2009– | 2. Bundesliga | Referee | |
| 2016– | Bundesliga | Referee | |
Refereeing career
editIttrich, referee of the club Mümmelmannsberger SV, has been a DFB level referee since 2003.[2] Since then he officiated numerous matches in the Oberliga, Regionalliga, and 3. Liga. He was then appointed to officiate in the 2. Bundesliga in the 2009–10 season, and also was a referee in the DFB-Pokal the following season. Ittrich also was an assistant referee in a few FIFA and UEFA matches.
In November 2011, Ittrich helped save the life of referee Babak Rafati with the help of Holger Henschel and Frank Willenborg, other members of the refereeing team. Before the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Köln and Mainz 05, they found Rafati had attempted to kill himself in his hotel room. Rafati was then rushed into intensive care.[3][4][5]
In January 2016, he was promoted to officiate in the Bundesliga.[6] He made his debut on 13 February 2016 in the match between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Ingolstadt.
Ittrich has suffered three ACL tears in his career: in 1999 and 2000 on the left, and on the right knee in 2012.[7]
Personal life
editIttrich works as a police officer, and currently resides in Hamburg.
References
edit- ^ Patrick Ittrich on worldfootball.net. Accessed on 26 October 2013.
- ^ Portrait on DFB.de. Accessed on 26 October 2013.
- ^ "Bundesliga game called off after referee's suicide bid". BBC Sport. 19 November 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Köln gegen Mainz abgesagt". Sportschau (in German). ARD. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
- ^ abendblatt.de: „Babak Rafatis Suizidversuch erschüttert Bundesliga“ (20 November 2011, Accessed on 26 October 2013)
- ^ Ittrich wird 23. Bundesliga-Schiedsrichter on DFB.de. Accessed on 20 January 2016
- ^ Kreuzbandriss bei Zweitliga-Schiri Patrick Ittrich. Archived 27 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine on Hamburger Fußball Verband e.V. Accessed on 26 October 2013.