Vítor Manuel Melo Pereira (born 21 April 1957) is a retired football referee from Portugal, best known for supervising four matches at the FIFA World Cup: two in 1998 and 2002. Since August 2017 he was the head of Greek refereeing appointed directly by FIFA. On 23 September 2021, he was hired by the Russian Football Union to head their refereeing department, replacing Viktor Kassai. On 15 March 2022, he resigned from the RFU position. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article GamesComments (0)Country refs----All games in Database----Champions League 1996/1997Champions League 1997/1998World Cup 1998Champions League 1998/1999Champions League 1999/2000Euro 2000Champions League 2000/2001UEFA Super Cup 2001Champions League 2001/2002World Cup 2002----- by Federation -----UEFA FIFA Filter team: GoList of games of referee Vitor Manuel Melo Pereira Games on databaseFoulsCardsPenAtte 17-Jun-02World Cup Round of 16 - M.4Mexico 0:2 USA 3510 1 36380 11World Cup Group A - M.3Denmark 2:0 France 333 48100 09-Apr-02Champions Quarter-finals - M.14Leverkusn 4:2 Liverpool 295 22500 20-Feb-02Champions Second Stage Group B - M.9Liverpool 0:0 Gsaray 314 36000 04-Dec-01Champions Second Stage Group D - M.8Arsenal 3:1 Juventus 303 35421 23-Oct-01Champions First Stage Group G - M.5Man.Utd 3:0 Olympiacs 284 1 66769 26-Sep-01Champions First Stage Group C - M.3PAO 1:0 Arsenal 38 17200 24-Aug-01UEFA S. Cup Final - Bayern 2:3 Liverpool 1 13824 18-Apr-01Champions Quarter-finals - M.14Bayern 2:1 Man.Utd 60000 13-Mar-01Champions Second Stage Group B - M.12PSG 2:0 Gsaray 4 1 31254 21-Feb-01Champions Second Stage Group D - M.10Lazio 2:2 R. Madrid 5 52000 18-Oct-00Champions First Stage Group F - M.4Bayern 2:0 PSG 3 33000 26-Sep-00Champions First Stage Group H - M.3Leeds 6:0 Beşiktaş 6 34485 13Champions First Stage Group E - M.1Hamburg 4:4 Juventus 4 2 48500 24-Jun-00Euro Quarter-finals - M.4Italy 2:0 Romania 2 1 41000 19Euro Group B - M.3Italy 2:1 Sweden 30000 13Euro Group C - M.1Yugoslavia 3:3 Slovenia 2 1 18500 10-May-00Champions Semi-Finals - M.16Barcelona 2:1 Valencia 3 65000 22-Mar-00Champions Second Stage Group D - M.12Chelsea 1:2 Lazio 5 1 34260 07-Dec-99Champions Second Stage Group D - M.8Feyenoord 3:0 Marseille 3 3 42000 03-Nov-99Champions First Stage Group F - M.6Bayern 1:0 Rangers 7 1 54000 20-Oct-99Champions First Stage Group H - M.4Gsaray 0:5 Chelsea 4 35000 22-Sep-99Champions First Stage Group B - M.2Arsenal 3:1 AIK 71227 21-Apr-99Champions Semi-finals - M.10Bayern 1:0 D.Kyiv 4 60000 21-Oct-98Champions Group D - M.3Brøndby 2:6 Man.Utd 1 40315 16-Sep-98Champions Group E - M.1PAO 2:1 D.Kyiv 1 25000 29-Jun-98World Cup Second Round - M.4Germany 2:1 Mexico 6 29800 14World Cup Group H - M.1Jamaica 1:3 Croatia 3 38100 01-Oct-97Champions Group A - M.2Dortmund 4:1 Sparta 2 42000 19-Mar-97Champions Quarter-finals - M.8Juventus 2:0 Rosenborg 1 1 35371 * Penalties given, not necessarily scored --- Today Top Games --- Al-Hilal - Al-Nassr Juventus - Cremonese Liverpool - Barnsley Sevilla - Celta Vigo --- Tomorrow Top Games --- 1. 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