Vadim Zhuk Explained

Vadim Zhuk
Fullname:Vadim Dzmitryevich Zhuk
Birth Date:May 20, 1952
Birth Place:Mir, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union
Years1:1982 - 1991
Years2:1992 - 2002
Role1:Referee
Role2:Referee
League1:Soviet League
League2:Belarusian League
Internationalyears1:1987 - 1998
Confederation1:FIFA
Internationalrole1:Referee (Category 3)

Vadim Dzmitryevich Zhuk (Belarusian: Вадзім Жук; Russian: Вадим Жук; born 20 May 1952) is a former Soviet association football referee from Belarus.

Zhuk refereed the final match of 1991 Women's World Cup[1] and the 1996 UEFA Cup Final between Bordeaux and Bayern München.[2] He also worked at UEFA Euro 1996.

Zhuk was placed eighth on the IFFHS' World's Best Referee of the Year in 1995.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20071013201048/http://fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=3373/matches/match=21960/report.html FIFA - Match Report
  2. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duitec-bayern96.html RSSSF - The UEFA Cup 1995/96 - FC Bayern München (GER)
  3. https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/iffhs-ref.html RSSSF - IFFHS' World's Best Referee of the Year 1987-2006