About Gilles Veissière
Born 1959. Gilles Veissière is a French association football referee and politician.
Gilles Veissière (born 18 September 1959, in Nice) is a football referee from France, best known for supervising two matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. He also led two matches at the 2000 and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, and has refereed numerous UEFA Champions League matches. He was selected for the FIFA Europe vs. Rest of the World match to accompany the World Cup draw in Marseille in 1997.
Veissière is known to have served as a FIFA referee during the period from 1994 to 2004. qualifying matches for the 1998, 2002, and 2006 World Cups, and qualifying matches for Euro 1996, Euro 2000, and Euro 2004.
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Who is Gilles Veissière?
French football referee
When was Gilles Veissière born?
Gilles Veissière was born on 18 September 1959 in Nice.
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Gilles Veissière is an association football referee and politician.
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Gilles Veissière is French.
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