Michel Vautrot

Michel Vautrot

Born	(1945-10-23) October 23, 1945 Saint-Vit, France
Domestic
Years	League	Role
1973–1991	French First Division	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
1975–1990	FIFA-listed	Referee

Michel Vautrot (born October 23, 1945 in Saint-Vit, Doubs) is a retired football (soccer) referee from France. He is mostly known for supervising 5 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). Also refereed three European Championships in 1984 in 1988, including the final game between the USSR and the Netherlands. In addition, he refereed in the European Cup 1985–86, including the final game between the FC Steaua Bucharest and FC Barcelona.

In 1986, Roma president Dino Viola was banned by UEFA for attempting to bribe referee Michel 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.

One of his more infamous moments came in the 1990 World Cup semi finals between hosts Italy and champions Argentina. In the first period extra time, 8 minutes of stoppages were added. He later explained that he had forgotten to check his watch

References

• (German) Profile
  • Jim McLean admits he feels sick after Roma chief reveals Italians bribed ref in 1984 European Cup semi-final

Preceded by 1984 Vojtech Christov	UEFA European Football Championship final match referees 1988 Michel Vautrot	Succeeded by 1992 Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
Preceded by European Cup Final 1985 André Daina	European Cup Referees Final 1986 Michel Vautrot	Succeeded by European Cup Final 1987 Alexis Ponnet