Michel Vautrot, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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French association football referee
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Place of Birth: Saint-Vit, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Michel Vautrot
- Michel Jean Maurice Vautrot (born 23 October 1945 in Saint-Vit, Doubs) is a retired football (soccer) referee from France.
- He is mostly known for officiating five matches in the FIFA World Cup: two in 1982 and three in 1990.
- He refereed the Club World Cup final in 1983 on National Stadium Tokyo between Hamburg S.V.
- (West Germany) and Grêmio F.B.P.A.
- (Brazil).
- He refereed three matches in the European Championship, one in 1984 and two in 1988, including the final between Soviet Union and Netherlands.
- In addition, he refereed the 1986 European Cup Final between Steaua Bucharest and Barcelona. In 1986, Roma president Dino Viola was banned by UEFA for bribing referee Vautrot with £50,000 prior to the European Cup semi-final 2nd leg between Roma and Dundee United in 1984.
- Roma were later to lose the final on penalties to Liverpool. In the 1990 World Cup semi finals between hosts Italy and champions Argentina, Vautrot added 8 minutes of stoppages in the first period extra time.
- He later explained that he had forgotten to check his watch.
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