Grzegorz Gilewski Explained

Grzegorz Gilewski
Birth Date:24 February 1973
Birth Place:Radom, Poland
Years1:1998–2009
League1:Polish Football Association
Internationalyears1:2001–2009
Confederation1:UEFA
Internationalyears2:2004–2009
Confederation2:FIFA

Grzegorz Gilewski (born 24 February 1973 in Radom, Poland) is a Polish football referee. Gilewski started his professional referee career in 1998 in the Polish Football Association. He started his international career as a referee for UEFA in 2001, overseeing matches in both Intertoto Cup and Europa League. Three year later Gilewski took his first match for FIFA, working World Cup qualifying.[1]

Bribery scandal

In October 2008, FIFA announced Gilewski was on the list of prospective Referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[2] On 9 November 2008 Gilewski was detained by CBA in an investigation related to match-fixing in Polish football. He was charged the next day with three crimes: match-fixing, accepting bribes worth 120,000 PLN (ca. 30,000 EUR) and participation in an organised criminal group.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grzegorz Gilewski » Matches as referee . www.WorldFootball.net . August 28, 2023.
  2. Web site: List of prospective FIFA Referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa TM, October 2008 . October 2008 . www.FIFA.com . FIFA . August 28, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090419063204/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/92/29/78/candidaterefereesrapfwc2010_22oct2008.pdf . April 19, 2009.
  3. http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,95642,6046473,Grzegorz_G__przed_prokuratura__Wroce__Pojade_do_RPA.html Grzegorz G. usłyszał osiem zarzutów we wrocławskiej prokuraturze