Zachari Zeegelaar

Zachari Zeegelaar (born 3 October 1989 He spent much of his childhood in Zanderij and was raised, along with his two sisters, Raquel and Chawila, by his mother alone, which he is proud of. Raquel has played for the club S.V. Transvaal and the Suriname women's national football team. but his mother forced him to stop when he was 16 because he had poor grades at school. Zeegelar has taken part in four editions of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, including the tournament of 2025.

In 2022, Zeegelaar was appointed as an assistant referee for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, officiating two group stage matches under lead referee Iván Barton of El Salvador: Germany vs Japan for Group E and Brazil vs Switzerland for Group G. He served in two matches in 2020 to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the men's football tournament.

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