Manuel Mejuto González Explained

Manuel Mejuto González
Full Name:Manuel Enrique Mejuto González
Birth Date:16 April 1965
Birth Place:La Felguera, Spain
Otheroccupation:Civil servant
Years1:1987–1990
League1:Tercera
Role1:Referee
Years2:1990–1994
League2:Segunda B
Role2:Referee
Years3:1994–1995
League3:Segunda
Role3:Referee
Years4:1995–2010
League4:La Liga
Role4:Referee
Internationalyears1:1999–2010
Confederation1:FIFA listed
Internationalrole1:Referee

Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (born 16 April 1965) is a Spanish former football referee. He is best known for refereeing the 2005 UEFA Champions League Final between Liverpool and Milan. He also officiated two matches in the Euro 2004 in Portugal. In European club competition, he has refereed three UEFA Cup matches and thirty-seven UEFA Champions League matches in his career.

Career

Mejuto was born in La Felguera, Langreo. On 16 October 2005, he referred the Russian Premier League match between Spartak Moscow and Zenit St.Petersburg.[1] [2]

At the Euro 2008 finals, Mejuto dismissed the managers of both teams, Joachim Löw and Josef Hickersberger, from the touchline and into the stands at the end of the first half of the Group B match between Austria and Germany on 16 June 2008, "for what appeared to be an ongoing spat with the fourth official", according to the BBC.[3]

Mejuto refereed in a 2010 World Cup qualification match between Sweden and Denmark on 10 October 2009.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spartak Moscow 1-1 Zenit St.Petersburg . premierliga.ru/ . Russian Premier Liga . 16 April 2019 . ru.
  2. Web site: Gonzalez mejuto manuel. premierliga.ru/ . Russian Premier Liga . 16 April 2019 . ru.
  3. News: Austria 0–1 Germany & Poland 0–1 Croatia . . 16 June 2008 . 13 September 2018 . . Saj . Chowdhury.