Vítor Melo Pereira | |
Fullname: | Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1957 |
Birth Place: | Lisbon, Portugal |
Role1: | Referee |
Years1: | 1989–2002 |
League1: | Primeira Liga |
Internationalyears1: | 1992–2002 |
Confederation1: | FIFA-listed |
Internationalrole1: | Referee |
Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (born 21 April 1957) is a retired football (soccer) referee from Portugal, best known for supervising four matches at the FIFA World Cup: two in 1998 and 2002.
Since August 2017 he was the head of Greek refereeing appointed directly by FIFA.
On 23 September 2021, he was hired by the Russian Football Union to head their refereeing department, replacing Viktor Kassai.[1] On 15 March 2022, he resigned from the RFU position.[2]