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Urs Meier

1959 - Today

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Urs Meier (born 22 January 1959) is a retired Swiss football referee. He officiated at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, taking charge of the semi-final between South Korea and Germany in 2002. He also refereed the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final that year. He appeared at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, refereeing the quarter-final between England and Portugal in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Urs Meier is the 45th most popular referee (down from 44th in 2019), the 599th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 605th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Urs Meier ranks 45 out of 147. Before him are Kim Milton Nielsen, Slavko Vinčić, Pedro Proença, Jorge Larrionda, Peter O'Leary, and Pierluigi Pairetto. After him are Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Yuichi Nishimura, Manuel Mejuto González, Felix Brych, Anthony Taylor, and Herbert Fandel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Urs Meier ranks 365. Before him are Clayton Anderson, Peter Doig, Ernesto Canto, Iakoba Italeli, Judd Nelson, and François Chau. After him are Erkki-Sven Tüür, Jayne Atkinson, Salvador Sánchez, Noureddine Bedoui, Talia Balsam, and Waldemar Pawlak.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Urs Meier ranks 599 out of 1,015. Before him are David Bennent (1966), Walter Thurnherr (1963), Antoinette Meyer (1920), Gianni Bugno (1964), Johann Vogel (1977), and Bruno Manser (1954). After him are Josef Ackermann (1948), Othmar Ammann (1879), Denise Biellmann (1962), Klaus Tschütscher (1967), Diogo Costa (1999), and Albert Scherrer (1908).

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Among REFEREES In Switzerland

Among referees born in Switzerland, Urs Meier ranks 3. Before him are Gottfried Dienst (1919), and Massimo Busacca (1969).

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