Antonio López Nieto
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Antonio Jesús López Nieto (born January 25, 1958) is a Spanish football referee, who has officiated at one FIFA World Cup and during the UEFA Champions League.
In 1995, López Nieto accused representatives of FC Dynamo Kyiv of attempting to bribe him before a UEFA Champions League game against Panathinaikos of Greece. As a result of this accusation, UEFA banned Dynamo from competitions for two years.[1]
In 2000 he refereed the UEFA Cup final between Galatasaray-Arsenal. Nieto set a record at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, issuing 16 yellow cards in a match between Germany and Cameroon.[2] The record was equaled in the 2006 tournament by Valentin Ivanov.
[edit] References
- ^ "Dynamo Kiev Banned from European Play", AP, via the New York Times, September 21, 1995. Retrieved on 2006-06-19.
- ^ "Germany overcome Cameroon", BBC, June 11, 2002. Retrieved on 2006-06-19.
[edit] External links
- Bio from 2002 World Cup - FIFA World Cup (official website)
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