Career
He was the first Asian referee who officiated in a World Cup. Since his childhood he played soccer and distinguished himself at 16 as a player in the youth football team of the club Hapoel Petah Tikva. But following a severe fracture of his leg, he had to stop his career as a football player.
Ashkenazi had a long career as a Fédération internationale de football association official, supervising international matches as a referee or linesman during the period from 1961 to 1986.
He officiated in the final of the 1964 Olympic tournament (the only Israeli referee ever to do so) and also in the 1966 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup. His other international competitions as a referee included 1966 and 1978 World Cup qualifiers.