Career
With his 203 cm he was one of the tallest referees on the football pitches. Temmink started his career as a youth coach at a local amateur team Helios in Deventer, which he combined with playing football himself. When a referee did not show up Temmink decided to replace him.
A KNVB official invited him to become a referee and as of the 1982-1983 season he was an official KNVB referee.
At first he started as a youth referee, but switched to senior matches during the same year already. He promoted to the KNVB eastern district in 1987.
In 1990 he reached the C-list and was promoted to the B-list of Dutch football a year later. During the 1993-1994 season he made it into the A-list and became an international referee on January 1, 1995.
In the 2001-2002 season Temmink promoted to the Fédération internationale de football association Referee Group 1, among the 30 best referees in Europe.
On national level he showed up in more traditional matches like the Klassieker between Feyenoord Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam as well as various Union of European Football Associations Champions League matches. He also was the referee at the 2002 KNVB Cup final between Ajax and Football Club Utrecht. In the 2003-2004 season Temmink led one match in the Ligue 1 in France.
Temmink led his last game of his career on December 23, 2006 between South Carolina Heerenveen and Excelsior Rotterdam.
KNVB official Bert van Oostveen awarded him a batch and a document in honour for his contributions to KNVB related tournaments. In total Temmink was part of the KNVB referees for 15 years, with 11 years of international matches.
He was the referee in over 400 matches in the Netherlands. His first match in professional football was a match between Football Club Emmen and TOP Oss, while his first Eredivisie match was between Sparta Rotterdam and Roda JC. Among his most notable matches are matches like Football Club Porto-Celtic Football Club, Galatasaray Saskatchewan-Football Club Barcelona, Chelsea Football Club-Football Club Bayern Munich, AS Roma-Real Madrid and Football Club Barcelona-Panathinaikos.
As well as Germany-Denmark, Spain-Brazil, Belarus-Italy and France-Israel.
He also led the final between France and Spain at the youth world championships in Egypt, as well as the European Super Cup final in Monaco between CSKA Moscow and Liverpool F.C. in 2005. Among his favourite stadiums Temmink names Old Trafford and De Kuip. Temmink thinks Pierluigi Collina and Anders Frisk are among the best referees in the world.
As of January 1, 2007 Temmink is part of the technical staff of the KNVB where he will provide his knowledge and experience to the younger generations of football referees in the Netherlands.