# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-kitabdjian
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:44:31.858Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-kitabdjian"
name: "Michel Kitabdjian"
slug: "michel-kitabdjian"
description: "Michel Kitabdjian was a French referee. He officiated at the 1975 European Cup final between Leeds United and Bayern Munich, disallowing a goal by Leeds United's Peter Lorimer for offside and denying Leeds two penalty appeals as Franz Beckenbauer first allegedly handled the ball in the box and then brought down Allan Clarke in a tackle. Leeds fans became angry at the referee, and one fan managed to access the playing field after the final whistle. After gendarmes removed him, other Leeds fans began rioting in the stands as a result of feeling robbed by the result. Kitabdjian was rated incredibly poorly by FIFA officials observing the game but was never formally investigated."
tagline: "French football referee (1930–2020)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1930-05-07"
deathDate: "2020-03-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.97
  momentum:             2.968036529680365
  historical:           5.497338666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Kitabdjian"
    title: "Michel Kitabdjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Kitabdjian"
    title: "Michel Kitabdjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Kitabdjian"
    title: "Michel Kitabdjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Kitabdjian"
    title: "Michel Kitabdjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "میشل کتابجیان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Kitabdjian"
    title: "Michel Kitabdjian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1176746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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