Antonio Jesús López Nieto
Football Referee
1958 –
Who is Antonio Jesús López Nieto?
Antonio Jesús López Nieto is a Spanish football referee, who has officiated at one FIFA World Cup and during the UEFA Champions League.
In 1995, López Nieto accused representatives of Dynamo Kyiv of attempting to bribe him before a UEFA Champions League game against Panathinaikos of Greece, a charge Dynamo Kyiv continue to deny. As a result of this accusation, UEFA banned Dynamo from competitions for two years, a sanction that was later overturned.
In 2000 he refereed the UEFA Cup final between Galatasaray-Arsenal. Nieto set a record at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, issuing 14 yellow cards in a match between Germany and Cameroon. The record was equaled in the 2006 tournament by Valentin Ivanov.
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