Nikolai Levnikov | |
Fullname: | Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov |
Birth Date: | 15 May 1956 |
Birth Place: | Pinsk, Soviet Union now Belarus |
Role1: | Referee |
League1: | Russian Football Premier League |
Years1: | 1989 - 2001 |
Internationalyears1: | 1990 - 2001 |
Internationalrole1: | Referee |
Confederation1: | FIFA-listed |
Nikolai Vladislavovich Levnikov (ru|Николай Владиславович Левников; born 15 May 1956 in Pinsk, Belarus) is a retired Russian football referee. He is known for having refereed one match in the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France.[1]
He is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1993[2] to 2001.[3] Levnikov was active at numerous international tournaments. He refereed the Group D contest between Turkey and Denmark at the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship in England[4] and two matches in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia.[5] He also officiated in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship[6] and qualifiers for Euro 1996[7] and Euro 2000,[8] in addition to 1998[9] and 2002 World Cup qualifiers.
His son Kirill Levnikov became FIFA referee in 2016.