Joël Quiniou

Joël Quiniou (born July 11, 1950 in Paris ) is a former French football referee who was also active on the international stage in the 1980s and 1990s, including three World Cup finals .

Career in the stadiums

In France, Quiniou was one of the top referees in Division 1 from around 1980 , and until 1991 he had an equal competitor in Michel Vautrot to succeed Robert Wurtz as the best referee in the country. In addition to several hundred league games, Quiniou also whistled three French cup finals , in which Olympique Marseille was involved each time : 1986 (loss to Girondins Bordeaux ), 1989 (victory over AS Monaco ) and 1991 (loss to the Monegasque). Only Vautrot led more Coupe de France finals .

This duel also had an impact on Quiniou being taken into account in the major national team tournaments : the French federation FFF Vautrot reported in 1982 (World Cup) and 1984 (EM) ; Quiniou took part in the 1986 World Cup , but was left behind at the 1988 European Championship . In the 1990 World Cup finals , both were used as referees and each led three games. At the European Championships in 1992 Quiniou had to stay at home due to injury. Only at the 1994 World Cup was his report by the FFF undisputed; at the European Championship two years later , Marc Batta was preferred to him for reasons of age , so that he did not lead a single European championship game.

On the other hand , Joël Quiniou is the record referee at the World Cup in several respects : in his three finals, he led a total of eight encounters - and acted as linesman in three other games -, sent five players off the field and was also the fastest expelled in World Cup history when he was 1986 Uruguay's José Batista sent Gordon Strachan into the shower 56 seconds after kick-off for his foul on the Scotsman . There were also 32 yellow cards. His World Cup record in detail:

• 1986: Preliminary round match Scotland - Uruguay (5 yellow cards, one red card); also as a linesman for Brazil - Algeria
• 1990: Preliminary round match Italy - Czechoslovakia (4 yellow cards), round of 16 Argentina - Brazil (5 yellow, one red card) and the " small final " Italy - England (no player penalties); also as a linesman for Ireland - Egypt and Germany - England
• 1994: Preliminary round matches Sweden - Russia (4 yellows, one yellow-red card) and Germany– South Korea (4 yellow cards), round of 16 Brazil– USA (5 yellows, one yellow-red, one red card), semi-finals Italy– Bulgaria (5 Yellow cards)

His record of eight World Cup games was only beaten in 2014 by Ravshan Ermatov , who led his ninth game in the quarter-finals.

The highlights of his career as a referee in international competitions for club teams include three finals: the first leg for the European Supercup in 1989 ( FC Barcelona - AC Milan 1: 1), the second leg for the UEFA Cup in 1991 ( AS Roma - Inter Milan 1: 0) and in 1993 the World Cup final between FC São Paulo and AC Milan (3-2).

In 1991, 1993 and 1994, Joël Quiniou, who is considered one of the most vehement supporters of video evidence for the decision in contentious game situations in France, was second in the election for World Referee of the Year, in 1985 and 1994 French Referee of the Year.

After the sporting career

After the end of his career, Joël Quiniou was involved on several levels. Because of his eloquence and opinion, he is a valued guest in public discussions and in the editorial offices of the media. In 2007 he appeared regularly as an expert in the studio on the pay TV channel Canal + . In 2001 he became a member of the Anti-Violence Commission of the French Interior Ministry (Commission nationale de prévention de lutte contre la violence dans le sport) and in 2005 a member of the National Ethics Committee. He also took part in anti-racist activities such as the Stand Up Speak Up campaign (initiated by Thierry Henry and other players from European leagues) and in an anti-racist film project supported by Lilian Thuram and other French national players.

Web links

• UEFA website on Joël Quiniou

Remarks

1. ↑ L'Équipe / Gérard Ejnès: Coupe de France. La folle épopée. L'Équipe, Issy-les-Moulineaux 2007 ISBN 978-2-915535-62-4 , p. 313
2. ↑ Hardy Greens: Football European Championship encyclopedia 1960-2008. AGON, Kassel 2004 ISBN 3-89784-241-6
3. ↑ see archive link ( memento of the original from July 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ to http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=13018 and Hardy Grüne: Fußball-WM-Enzyklopädie 1930-2006. AGON, Kassel 2004 ² ISBN 3-89784-261-0
5. ^ The referees with the most games at World Cup finals. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL World Cup total, accessed on July 21, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Compilation of international career highlights Quinious in Fédération Française de Football (ed.): 100 dates, histoires, objets du football français. Tana, o.O. 2011, ISBN 978-2-84567-701-2 , pp. 154/155.
7. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ France Football of December 30, 2008, p. 17
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