Biography
Russian arbiter Sergey Karasev studied justice and follow the spirit and the letter of the law not only on the field, but also at the university. The judge whom is called Russian Pierluja Collina, - a graduate lawyer, ready to learn and improve, so that in a career, and in life maintain a high bar.Childhood and youth
Sergey Gennadievich Karayov was born in June 1979 in the capital of the USSR. At 7 years old, the boy unexpectedly bald. Years, he will notice in an interview that in this incident in the biography there were advantages - hair loss taught the future arbitrator of the independence of judgments and the ability to confront the opinion of the majority.
Sergey in childhood was engaged in swimming and basketball, and then he became a pupil of the children-youth sports school "Timiryazevts", as the family lived near the Science Stadium, where the club spent home matches. In the amateur football league, Carasev played on the position of the defender for the team of the Moscow Engineering and Construction Institute. I realized that it was not enough for the transition to the top division of his talents, the guy on the advice of his father switched to refereeing.
Football
Sergey's judicial career began in 1995. Growth to the Russian Premier League took 13 years from Carasev. To achieve the goal, he studied for 3 years at the Football Arbitrator Center, combining his studies with the work of the arbitrator assistant at the matches of the second division. As the chief judge of the First Division, Carasev debuted in 2006.Until 2005, Sergey Gennadyevich combined the judging on the field with the work of a lawyer in the bank, spending the same time in a business suit as in the boots. But then the bank boss offered Carasev to make a choice.
In 2010, Sergey for the first time judged FIFA matches. To work at the international level, Carasev was needed to master English. This, he took up with the mother-in-law, who taught foreign languages and agreed to help the son-in-law. In addition to home learning, the arbitrator went to a language school in Malta, where he improved skills for 2 weeks in order to pass the exam with a member of the judicial committee.
In the spring of 2014 he was entrusted to him in the Final of the Cup of the Russian Federation. Carasev was one of the 18 arbitrators at Euro 2016, he had a chance to judge matches between Romania and Switzerland, Iceland and Hungary.
In May 2018, Sergey Gennadevich rudely mistaken in the semifinal match of the Europa League. Because of the incorrectly appointed by the arbitrator, the corner of the Salzburg team lost to Marsel. At the 2018 World Cup, which was held in Russia, Carasev judged Australia and Peru's match.
In the work of the referee, Carasev, the main problem is not physical activity (for the match the judge runs 10-12 km) and not football players entering rigid martial arts, but players trying to bring the referee, striking disputes and leaving comments. Sergey is convinced that only people with a very strong psyche and a calm character can judge matches.
At the beginning of the autumn of 2019, Carasev judged the match of the euro-2020 qualifying round between Slovenia and Poland, held in Ljubljana. The statistics of the game were expressed in two unanswered balls that the owners of the field were scored in the opponent's gate. Carasev was appointed chief judge at the September match of the Russian Premier League between Zenit and Rubin, ended with a score of 5: 0 in favor of the St. Petersburg Club.
Sergey Gennadyevich tells that he is preparing for the upcoming match, studying teams in advance and the focus on problem players. In 2020, the referee participated in the Championship of Russia and was declared for refereeing in the game between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Holland group stage of the League of Nations. But it was not able to attend the match because of a positive test result for coronavirus.
Professional skills of Carasev have been criticized after recovery from the disease. In the match of the 15th round of the Russian Premier League "Akhmat" - Zenit, held in Grozny, Sergey Gennadyevich appointed a penalty to the Gate "Sina-White-Blue". His decision was recognized as an erroneous Expert Judge Commission under the President of the RFU.
Personal life
Carasev is married. The spouse of the referee perfectly disassembled in football. In an interview, Sergey Gennadyevich claims that he listens to the opinion of his wife regarding judging on the match. He has three children. The eldest and youngest daughters are not interested in football, the son rejoices when he sees his father on the TV screen, and at home, under the head of the head of the family, is mastered by Football skills.
Promotional personal life and family chat helps the arbitrator recovery after the matches.
In clothes, Carasev loves black, and in music appreciates heavy rock.
The judge has a cottage near Moscow, but the mother-in-law is engaged in gardening and gardening. The arbitrator admits that he understood badly how pumpkins are gaining weight and why one year is a yield on apples, and the other is not.
Sergey Gennadyevich leads a page in "Instagram", where it is divided with subscribers from matches and from family life.
Sergey Carasev now
Now the referee supports a high level of performance. His brigade received an appointment to the match 1/8 of the Final Champions League "Manchester City" - "Borussia" Menhengladbach, who passed in Budapest in March 2021.
The judge attracted the fact that he did not take part in protest against racism and police violence against blacks, during which, before the start of the game, all the players dropped on one knee.
In April, Carasev was included in the list of arbitrators serving Euro-2020. Having worked on the match of the 2nd round Italy - Switzerland, which ended with the score of 3: 0, the judge received high reviews of Italian fans.
At the match of the 3rd round of the Euro-2020 group stage, Sergey Gennadevich headed the Russian brigade of the arbitrators, helped him assistants Igor Demeshko and Maxim Gavrilin.