Ľuboš Micheľ
Born |
Stropkov, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) | 16 May 1968||
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Other occupation | Factory Manager | ||
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Years | League | ||
–2008 |
Slovak Superliga | ||
International | |||
Years | League | ||
UEFA |
Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʎubɔʂ ˈmixeʎ]; born 16 May 1968) is a retired Slovak football referee.
Referee career
At a young age, Micheľ refereed a number of games in Lebanon. Micheľ became a FIFA referee at the age of 25.
Micheľ was selected to referee the
Micheľ officiated at
In the
Micheľ was selected to be the referee of the
Michel was selected to be a referee at the UEFA Euro 2008, where he refereed the Group A game between Switzerland and Turkey, the Group C game between France and Italy and the quarter-final match between Netherlands and Russia.
On October 23, 2008, he retired from active referee activity due to problems with his Achilles’ tendon.
Micheľ was ranked the world's third best referee in 2005 by the
2002 FIFA World Cup
When Micheľ took charge of the
2006 FIFA World Cup
Micheľ was selected as one of 21 referees for the
Micheľ matches have been considered tempestuous. In the group stage he took charge of the game between Portugal and Mexico; the game ending 2–1 to Portugal. He issued 8 yellow cards, sent a player off for diving, gave two penalties, and rejected a claim for one in the second half.
In the Round of 16 he took charge of the Brazil-Ghana match, won by Brazil 3–0. He sent off one Ghanaian player for diving and ordered the Ghana coach, Ratomir Dujković, to leave the field after the coach argued with him about an offside goal.[9]
Micheľ refereed the quarterfinals loss of
Post referee career
Micheľ was a manager of a car tyre factory outside of refereeing,
On October 27, 2008, Micheľ signed a contract with Shakhtar Donetsk as the head of the international competitions department.[12]
For a brief period of time between 2006 and 2010, Ľuboš Micheľ was serving as a lawmaker in the Slovak parliament, where he was elected in the 2006 elections.[13]
Between December 2015 and November 2018, he worked for PAOK FC as Sporting Director and president. Since September 2021, Micheľ has worked as president for 1. FC Tatran Prešov.[14]
In October 2022, Micheľ ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Prešov.[15]
References
- ^ UEFA may discipline O'Neill over comments RTÉ News 22 May 2003
- ^ The world according to Mourinho BBC News Online 31 October 2005
- ^ They think the García debate is all over – it is now The Times 5 May 2005
- ^ Motion expert says Garcia's shot did cross the line The Independent 5 May 2005
- The People8 May 2005
- ^ Match report
- ^ "Corgoň liga - Slovenský futbalový zväz". Archived from the original on 26 October 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
- ^ International Federation of Football History & Statistics (iffhs.de)
- ^ Ghana coach says ref was biased BBC News Online 27 June 2006
- ^ Ugly scenes mar Germany triumph BBC News Online 30 June 2006
- ^ "WorldReferee.com – referee – Lubos Michel – bio". Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ "Ľuboš Micheľ continues his career at Shakhtar | Shakhtar Football Club | Official website". Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2008.
- ^ "The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 749".
- ^ "Miroslav Remeta dal zbohom Tatranu Prešov: Na to zlé je lepšie zabudnúť". Šport.sk.
- ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Nový primátor Prešova Oľha: To, že Klus podporil Hagyariho, bolo zvláštne". presov.korzar.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 30 October 2022.
External links
- Micheľ interview[dead link] (in Slovak)
- Lubos MICHEL at FIFAworldcup.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 April 2006)
- Technical instructions for referees at UEFA EURO 2008 ("Lubos MICHEL") at the Wayback Machine (archived 2 June 2008)
- Luboš Michel at Olympedia