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Dutch football referee From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pieter Vink (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈpitər ˈvɪŋk]; born 13 March 1967[1][2]) is a former Dutch football referee, who also officiated for FIFA and UEFA. He was the first referee to take charge of a match at the "New Wembley Stadium" in 2007.[3] His other occupation was as a police officer, eventually giving this up to become a full-time referee. His main other hobby is golf.[2]
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Pieter Vink and his assistants | |||
| Born |
13 March 1967 Noordwijkerhout, South Holland, Netherlands | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Other occupation | Ex-police officer | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1993–1996 | Eredivisie C-List | Referee | |
| 1996–2001 | Eredivisie B-List | Referee | |
| 2001–2017 | Eredivisie A-List | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2004–2010 | FIFA and UEFA listed | Referee | |
| 2007–2010 | UEFA Elite listed | Referee | |
Vink began refereeing in 1987, and was elected to the Eredivisie C-List in 1993, progressing to the competition's B-List in 1996 and then becoming a referee on the country's A-List in 2001. dec.[4]
Internationally, he has been a FIFA referee since 2004,[1] also debuting as a referee in the UEFA Cup in the same year,[2] and then being appointed to the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Final[2] at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 29 July 2005, when France defeated England 3–1.[5]
He was given the considerable honour of handling the first official match to be played at the newly rebuilt Wembley Stadium on 24 March 2007, a 'friendly' between England Under-21 and Italy Under-21 which finished 3–3.[3]
In 2007, he refereed his first match in the UEFA Champions League,[2] a qualifying tie between Steaua Bucharest of Romania and BATE Borisov of Belarus,[6] having been promoted to UEFA's Elite list in July.[4] He went on to handle three more games in the Group stage of the competition in that year.[6] Vink was referee for the Euro 2008 qualifying match between Scotland and Ukraine on 13 October 2007 at Hampden Park, Glasgow, when the Ukrainians were effectively eliminated after a 3–1 defeat.[7] Subsequently, he took charge of Northern Ireland's 2–1 win over Denmark at Windsor Park, Belfast, on 17 November 2007.[8]
Vink refereed the all-English Champions League quarter final first leg between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on 2 April 2008.[9]
On 19 December 2007 it was announced that Vink would head the Dutch team of officials selected for the Euro 2008 competition proper, held in Austria and Switzerland in summer 2008.[10] He refereed the third match of the competition between hosts Austria and Croatia.[11]
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