| Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves García (Portuguese pronunciation: ; born 3 November 1970) is a Portuguese former football referee who has served as the president of the Portuguese Football Federation since February 2025.
Proença refereed several notable matches domestically and internationally, including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Taça de Portugal finals, Taça da Liga finals, as well as the 2012 finals of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship, becoming the first referee to overview both finals of the main European competitions for clubs and national teams in the same year.
In 2006–07, he was named as the Portuguese Referee of the Year. He was promoted to UEFA's Elite category at the start of the 2009–10 season. On 22 June 2011, he was named as "Best Referee" for the 2010–11 season by the Portuguese Football Federation. In January 2013, he was voted by the IFFHS as the Best Referee of 2012.
Proença retired from refereeing in January 2015. In July 2015, six months after retiring from refereeing, he was elected president of the Portuguese Professional Football League, a position he retained until 2025. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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About 29-Jun-14 Nth lands 2 - Mexico 1
Booboo 30-Jun-14 18:03
Terrible work in game against Mexico. You cost us the game Go home and find some other type of work
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