# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/istvan-kovacs-q12731153
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:29:34.733Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/istvan-kovacs-q12731153"
name: "István Kovács"
slug: "istvan-kovacs-q12731153"
description: "István Kovács is a Romanian football referee who primarily officiates in the Liga I. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2018, and a UEFA elite referee since 2019."
tagline: "Romanian association football referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_referee.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1984-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.83
  momentum:             25
  historical:           21.57267333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm14276878/"
    handle:    "nm14276878"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(referee)"
    title: "István Kovács"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إشتفان كوفاتش (حكم كرة قدم)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B8_(%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF)"
    title: "ইস্তভান কোভাচস (রেফারি)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "István Kovács"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(fotbalov%C3%BD_rozhod%C4%8D%C3%AD)"
    title: "István Kovács (fotbalový rozhodčí)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(Schiedsrichter)"
    title: "István Kovács (Schiedsrichter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8A%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%9A%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%82"
    title: "Ίστβαν Κόβατς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs"
    title: "István Kovács"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%88%D8%A7%DA%86"
    title: "ایشتوان کوواچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(arbitre)"
    title: "István Kovács (arbitre)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kov%C3%A1cs_Istv%C3%A1n_(j%C3%A1t%C3%A9kvezet%C5%91)"
    title: "Kovács István (játékvezető)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Իշտվան Կովաչ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "István Kovács (wasit)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "István Kovács (arbitro)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%88%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81_(%E3%82%B5%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E5%AF%A9%E5%88%A4%E5%93%A1)"
    title: "イシュトヴァーン・コヴァーチ (サッカー審判員)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иштван Ковач"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C5%A1tv%C4%81ns_Kov%C4%81%C4%8Ds"
    title: "Ištvāns Kovāčs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(voetbalscheidsrechter)"
    title: "István Kovács (voetbalscheidsrechter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(fotballdommer)"
    title: "István Kovács (fotballdommer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(s%C4%99dzia_pi%C5%82karski)"
    title: "István Kovács (sędzia piłkarski)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(%C3%A1rbitro)"
    title: "István Kovács (árbitro)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs"
    title: "István Kovács"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8C%D1%8F)"
    title: "Ковач, Иштван (футбольный судья)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Иштван Ковач"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_Kov%C3%A1cs_(fotbollsdomare)"
    title: "István Kovács (fotbollsdomare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12731153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump