Gilles Veissière

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Gilles Veissière
Born (1959-09-18) September 18, 1959 (age 64)
Nice, France
Domestic
Years League Role
1990–2004 Ligue 1 Referee
International
Years League Role
1992–2004 FIFA–listed Referee

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 South 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. 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]

  1. ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Argentina - Nigeria 1:0 (0:0)". June 2, 2002. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  2. ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Tunisia - Japan 0:2 (0:0)". June 14, 2002. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  3. ^ Winkler, Pierre. "European Championship 2000 - Full Details Final Tournament". RSSSF, January 17, 2004. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  4. ^ Courtney, Barrie; Haisma, Marcel; Saaid, Hamdan. "European Championship 2004 - Details". RSSSF, February 21, 2007. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  5. ^ Morrison, Neil. "International Matches 1997 - Other". RSSSF, February 2, 2005. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  6. ^ Miladinovich, Misha. "Croatia - International Matches 1990-1995" Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. RSSSF, December 13, 1999. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  7. ^ a b FIFA. "Match Report - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Serbia and Montenegro 0:0". October 9, 2004. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  8. ^ "Malaysia - Morocco". FIFA. June 16, 1997. Archived from the original on August 6, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2023. June 15, 1997. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  9. ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Greece - Denmark 0:0". October 11, 1997. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  10. ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Croatia - Scotland 1:1 (1:1)". October 11, 2000. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  11. ^ UEFA. "Czech Republic 4-2 Belarus". March 29, 1995. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  12. ^ UEFA. "Spain 9-0 Austria". March 27, 1999. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.
  13. ^ UEFA. "Croatia 1-0 Bulgaria". October 11, 2003. Retrieved on May 27, 2013.

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Preceded by UEFA Cup Final Referees
Final 2001
France Gilles Veissière
Succeeded by