Pedro Proença (football referee)

Pedro Proença at a Champions League game (2014)

Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia (born November 3, 1970 in Lisbon ) is a former Portuguese football referee who was used both for the national association and internationally. Since July 30, 2015 he has been President of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional , the organization of Portuguese professional football.

career

Proença was a member of the Lisbon Football Association ( Associação de Futebol de Lisboa ) and is employed as Finance Director. Since the 1988/89 season he was active as a referee, since 1998 in the Portuguese first division . He has been a FIFA referee since 2003 ; his first match was the UI Cup encounter between VMFD Žalgiris Vilnius and Örgryte IS on June 22, 2003 . At the U-19 European Championship in 2004 , he headed two group games, including the 3-1 victory of the German selection against Poland and the final. In the 2004/05 season he was active in the UEFA Cup and World Cup qualifying .

In the 2008/09 UEFA Cup he headed two games by German teams: In the first round, FC Schalke 04's draw against APOEL Nicosia and, in the round of 16, Hamburger SV's 3-2 victory at Galatasaray Istanbul . At the U-21 European Championship in 2009 , he was the referee of the semi-finals of later European champions Germany in a 1-0 win against Italy .

In the Champions League 2010/11 Proença was in action four times before the semi-finals; Among other things, he led the 2: 3 defeat that eliminated FC Bayern Munich against Inter Milan . On May 4, 2011, he completed his fifth CL season match (semifinal match between Manchester United and FC Schalke 04 ).

Proença was one of the twelve referees who oversaw the games at the 2012 European Football Championship . He also directed the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League final in Munich.

On July 1, 2012, he was the first Portuguese to lead a European Championship final . The game between Spain and Italy (4-0) took place in Kiev. In 2013, he was one of ten referees to appear at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup . He also directed three games at the 2014 World Cup .

In January 2015, he resigned as a referee. In July of the same year he successfully ran for the office of president of the Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional , which Luís Duque had held from 2014 to 2015.

Appearances at the European Football Championship 2012

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 14, 2012	Danzig	Spain	Ireland	4: 0 (1: 0)
Group stage	June 19, 2012	Kiev	Sweden	France	2: 0 (0: 0)
Quarter finals	June 24, 2012	Kiev	England	Italy	2: 4 i. E. (0: 0 a.d.)
final	0July 1, 2012	Kiev	Spain	Italy	4: 0 (2: 0)

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2014

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 18, 2014	Manaus	Cameroon	Croatia	0: 4 (0: 1)
Group stage	June 24, 2014	Cuiabá	Japan	Colombia	1: 4 (1: 1)
Round of 16	June 29, 2014	Fortaleza	Netherlands	Mexico	2: 1 (0: 0)

particularities

• In the Champions League qualifier of Hapoel Tel Aviv at FC Salzburg, Proença warned Israeli Itay Shechter when he put on a kippa and said a short prayer of thanks after his goal to make it 3-1 .
• In the group game between Real Madrid and AC Milan in the 2010/11 Champions League , Proença was knocked over by Mesut Özil just before half-time so that Özil could take the ball. The “foul” was not punished.

Honors

• Portugal's referee for the 2006/07, 2010/11 and 2011/12 seasons.
• Best Referee in the World 2012, by IFFHS .

Web links

• Pedro Proença profile at worldreferee.com
• Profile as a referee on worldfootball.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Proença's profile on the Portugal League website
2. ↑ UEFA announcement, accessed on December 20, 2011
3. ↑ uefa.com: Proença leads the final in Munich , accessed on May 17, 2012
4. ↑ http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter/confederations-cup-2013-in-brasilien/1/
5. ↑ http://www.latintimes.com/mexico-soccer-pedro-proenca-no-era-penal-referee-retires-sport-290220
6. ↑ uefa.com: Referee appointed for the UEFA EURO 2012 final , accessed on June 29, 2012
7. ↑ Mesut Özil fouls referee Pedro Proenca
8. ↑ http://www.zerozero.pt/noticia.php?id=69187
9. ↑ http://www.iffhs.de/?82c48d21c1fd23400f11