Bio
Jun Lu
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Country: China
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In 2002 Lu Jun was the first Chinese referee at a World Cup match. In that match he sent off Croatia's Boris Zhivkovic, who thus has the honour to be the first player ever to be sent off by a Chinese referee in a World Cup match.

WC

In fact Lu Jun took charge of two matches in the 2002 World Cup, but also at a World Cup under 20, a Confederations Cup and the Olympic Games (see palmares for Lu Jun).

arrested

In 2010 news reached us Lu Jun was arrested (or taken for questioning whatever that means in China) for match fixing, the hero of integrity during the last scandal (he was nicknamed the "Golden Whistle") was picked up in March and is facing a possible death penalty (according to Al Jazeera). If that ever happens we from WorldReferee vow to never ever buy anything Chinese again.

sentenced

Lu Jun was finally sentenced to 5,5 years in prison for having been bribed.

Did you know
THE FIRST

  • Considering the way the Chinese put last names first but Westerners don't and getting his name from Western sources, we have no idea whether his name (in our way) is Jun Lu or Lu Jun.
  • A blogger reported that he once sent off Zico's (Japanese National team coach) translator with a red card for translating something Zico had said.
Statistics
Statistics for JUN LU
Totals Home Away Total
Penalties 1 2 3
Fouls 0 0 0
Yellow 36 33 69
YellowRed 0 0 0
Red 3 1 4
Averages Home Away Total
Penalties 0.03 0.07 0.05
Fouls 0 0 0
Yellow 1.24 1.14 1.19
YellowRed 0 0 0
Red 0.1 0.03 0.07

Based on 29 international matches

Matches
MATCHES FOR JUN LU
Date Score Yellow Red Penalties Fouls
WC 2006 qualifiers - Asia
2nd stageOmanJapan2004-10-130 - 1 5 (3-2)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
2nd stageJordanIran2004-09-080 - 2 3 (2-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
Asian Cup 2004
group stageOmanThailand2004-07-282 - 0 2 (2-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageJordanKuwait2004-07-232 - 0 3 (2-1)1 (1-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
friendly
Korea RepublicBrazil2002-11-202 - 3 2 (1-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
WC 2002
group stagePolandUSA2002-06-143 - 1 5 (4-1)0 (0-0)1 (1-0)0 (0-0)
group stageCroatiaMexico2002-06-030 - 1 0 (0-0)1 (1-0)1 (0-1)0 (0-0)
Confederations Cup 2001
group stageCanadaBrazil2001-06-020 - 0 2 (1-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
WC 2002 qualifiers - Asia
2nd stageSaudi ArabiaIraq2001-08-311 - 0 5 (1-4)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
1st stageSyriaOman2001-05-183 - 3 7 (2-5)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
1st roundBahrainUAE1997-04-111 - 2 3 (2-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
Asian Cup 2000
group stageLebanonThailand2000-10-181 - 1 3 (1-2)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageLebanonIran2000-10-120 - 4 4 (1-3)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
Olympic Games 2000
group stageSpain OTMorocco OT2000-09-202 - 0 3 (2-1)2 (1-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageItaly OTHonduras OT2000-09-163 - 1 5 (4-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
WC 1999 u20
1/2 finalsMali u20Spain u201999-04-211 - 3 2 (2-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
round of 16Ireland u20Nigeria u201999-04-141 - 1 1 (0-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageCroatia u20Argentina u201999-04-100 - 0 2 (1-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageCroatia u20Kazakhstan u201999-04-075 - 1 0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageGhana u20Croatia u201999-04-041 - 1 2 (2-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
WC 1997 u17
1/4 finalsGermany u17Mali u171997-09-140 - 0 1 (0-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageArgentina u17Ghana u171997-09-050 - 0 2 (0-2)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
WC 1998 qualifiers - Asia
1st roundThailandKorea Republic1997-03-021 - 3 0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
Asian Cup 1996
group stageUAEIndonesia1996-12-102 - 0 4 (3-1)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
group stageIranThailand1996-12-083 - 1 0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
WC 1994 qualifiers - Asia
UAEBangladesh1993-05-037 - 0 0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
UAESri Lanka1993-04-283 - 0 0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)
WC Women 1991
group stageBrazil (w)Sweden (w)1991-11-210 - 2 0 (0-0)0 (0-0)1 (0-1)0 (0-0)
group stageJapan (w)Brazil (w)1991-11-170 - 1 3 (0-3)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)0 (0-0)