Gilles Veissière
Gilles Veissière (born September 18, 1959 in Nice) is a football referee from France, best known for supervising two matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan.[1][2] He also led two matches at the 2000[3] and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship,[4] and has refereed numerous UEFA Champions League matches (notably earning praise from Alex Ferguson, who has a reputation for his tough remarks about refereeing performances).[citation needed] He was selected for the FIFA Europe vs. Rest of the World match to accompany the World Cup draw in Marseille in 1997.[5]
Veissière is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1994[6] to 2004.[7] He also officiated in numerous other international competitions, including the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship,[8] qualifying matches for the 1998,[9] 2002,[10] and 2006[7] World Cups, and qualifying matches for Euro 1996,[11] Euro 2000,[12] and Euro 2004.[13]
References [edit]
- ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Argentina - Nigeria 1:0 (0:0)". June 2, 2002. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Tunisia - Japan 0:2 (0:0)". June 14, 2002. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ Winkler, Pierre. "European Championship 2000 - Full Details Final Tournament". RSSSF, January 17, 2004. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ Courtney, Barrie; Haisma, Marcel; Saaid, Hamdan. "European Championship 2004 - Details". RSSSF, February 21, 2007. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ Morrison, Neil. "International Matches 1997 - Other". RSSSF, February 2, 2005. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ Miladinovich, Misha. "Croatia - International Matches 1990-1995". RSSSF, December 13, 1999. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ a b FIFA. "Match Report - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Serbia and Montenegro 0:0". October 9, 2004. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Veissiere to referee opening match". June 15, 1997. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Greece - Denmark 0:0". October 11, 1997. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Croatia - Scotland 1:1 (1:1)". October 11, 2000. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ UEFA. "Czech Republic 4-2 Belarus". March 29, 1995. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ UEFA. "Spain 9-0 Austria". March 27, 1999. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
- ^ UEFA. "Croatia 1-0 Bulgaria". October 11, 2003. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
| Preceded by UEFA Cup Final 2000  Antonio López Nieto |
UEFA Cup Final Referees Final 2001  Gilles Veissière |
Succeeded by UEFA Cup Final 2002  Vítor Melo Pereira |
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