- Pieter Vink
infobox football official
name = Pieter Vink
fullname = Pieter Vink
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|03|13
cityofbirth =Noordwijkerhout ,South Holland
countryofbirth =Netherlands
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
otheroccupation = Ex-police officer
years = 1993–19961996–20012001–
league =Eredivisie C-ListEredivisie B-ListEredivisie A-List
role = RefereeRefereeReferee
internationalyears = 2004– 2007–
confederation =FIFA andUEFA listedUEFA Elite listed
internationalrole = RefereeRefereePieter Vink (born
March 13 1967 , [http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/developing/refereeing/association=ned/peoplekind=ref.html Birthdate confirmation] :FIFA official website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .]Noordwijkerhout ,South Holland , [http://www.worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=492&linkType=referee&contextType=bio Town of birth and profile] : "WorldReferee.com" website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .] ) is a Dutch football referee, who also officiates forFIFA andUEFA . He was the first referee to take charge of a match at the "NewWembley Stadium " in 2007. [http://www.thefa.com/England/U21s/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2007/03/EngU21_vItaly_details.htm Referee for inaugural match at the "New Wembley"] ,March 24 2007 : TheFA.com website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .] His other occupation was as apolice officer , eventually giving this up to become a full-time referee. His main other hobby isgolf .Career
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. [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=http://www.knvb.nl/archief/clubs/knvb.nl_clubs__competities/scheidsrechter_pieter_vink_naar_euro_2008&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Pieter%2BVink%2522%2Beredivisie%2B2001%26num%3D30%26hl%3Den%26newwindow%3D1%26sa%3DG Further profile on Vink] : Google translation of a KNVB.nl webpage. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .]Internationally, he has been a
FIFA referee since 2004, also ing as a referee in theUEFA Cup in the same year, and then being appointed to the 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Final atWindsor Park ,Belfast , onJuly 29 2005 , when France defeated England 3–1. [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/under19/history/season=2005/round=1928/match=81509/report=lu.html England 1 France 3] , 2005 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship Final:UEFA official website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .]He was given the considerable honour of handling the first official match to be played at the newly-rebuilt
Wembley Stadium onMarch 24 2007 , a 'friendly' between England Under-21 and Italy Under-21 which finished 3–3.In 2007, he refereed his first match in the
UEFA Champions League , a qualifying tie between Steaua Bucharest ofRomania andFC BATE ofBelarus , [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/allmatches.html Steaua Bucharest 2 FC BATE 0] ,UEFA Champions League qualifying round: UEFA official website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .] having been promoted toUEFA 's Elite list in July. He went on to handle three more games in the Group stage of the competition in that year. Vink was referee for the Euro 2008 qualifying match between Scotland and the Ukraine onOctober 13 2007 atHampden Park ,Glasgow , when the Ukrainians were effectively eliminated after a 3–1 defeat. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7032948.stm Scotland 3 Ukraine 1] , Euro 2008 qualifying match:BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .] Subsequently, he took charge of Northern Ireland's 2–1 win over Denmark at Windsor Park, Belfast, onNovember 17 2007 . [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7100041.stm Northern Ireland 2 Denmark 1] , Euro 2008 qualifying match: BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .]Vink refereed the all-English Champions League quarter final first leg between Arsenal and Liverpool at the
Emirates Stadium onApril 2 2008 . [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/fixturesresults/round=15107/match=301903/index.html Arsenal v. Liverpool] , UEFA Champions League quarter-final, first leg,April 2 2008 : UEFA official website. Retrieved onMarch 31 2008 .] In the 66th minute of the match, Vink denied a penalty to Arsenal despite Liverpool'sDirk Kuyt "tangling with Alexander Hleb inside the area". Kuyt also refuted allegations that his fellow countryman had done him "favours" by ignoring the incident. "There were no favours. The referee called it right. To be honest I did touch Hleb but I never pulled his shirt or held him. He didn't deserve a penalty for that. It was close, but he didn't deserve a penalty," he said. [ [http://football.guardian.co.uk/championsleague200708/story/0,,2270867,00.html "Kuyt denies Dutch deal over penalty"] , Arsenal v. Liverpool, Champions' League quarter-final first leg, 2008: from an article atThe Guardian website. Retrieved onMarch 4 2008 .]Euro 2008
On
December 19 2007 , it was announced that Vink would head the Dutch team of officials selected for theEuro 2008 competition proper, held inAustria andSwitzerland in summer 2008. [ [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/news/kind=1/newsid=639895.html Selection for Euro 2008] in Austria and Switzerland, summer 2008: UEFA official website. Retrieved onFebruary 18 2008 .] He refereed the third match of the competition between hosts Austria and Croatia. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/euro_2008/7363048.stm Austria v. Croatia] , referee, Euro 2008:BBC.co.uk website. Retrieved onJuly 22 2008 .]References
Persondata
NAME= Vink, Pieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Ex-police officer , Dutch football referee
DATE OF BIRTH= 13 March 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH=Noordwijkerhout ,South Holland ,Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH= ,
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