Antonio Jesús López Nieto

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, a charge Dynamo Kyiv continue to deny. As a result of this accusation, UEFA banned Dynamo from competitions for two years,[1] a sanction that was later overturned.

In 2000 he refereed the UEFA Cup final between Galatasaray-Arsenal. Nieto set a record at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, issuing 14 yellow cards in a match between Germany and Cameroon.[2] The record was equaled in the 2006 tournament by Valentin Ivanov.

References

  1. ^ "Dynamo Kiev Banned from European Play". AP, via the New York Times. September 21, 1995. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEED8103AF932A1575AC0A963958260. Retrieved 2006-06-19. 
  2. ^ "Germany overcome Cameroon". BBC. June 11, 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/matches_wallchart/cameroon_v_germany/default.stm. Retrieved 2006-06-19. 

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Preceded by
UEFA Cup Final 1997
Marc Batta
José García Aranda		 UEFA Cup Final Referees
Final 1998
Antonio López Nieto		 Succeeded by
UEFA Cup Final 1999
Hugh Dallas
Preceded by
UEFA Cup Final 1999
Hugh Dallas		 UEFA Cup Final Referees
Final 2000
Antonio López Nieto		 Succeeded by
UEFA Cup Final 2001
Gilles Veissière