Urs Meier

Quick Facts

Full Name	Urs Meier
Occupation	Association Football Referee
Date Of Birth	Jan 22, 1959(1959-01-22)
Age	65
Birthplace	Würenlos
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Würenlos
Horoscope	Aquarius

Urs Meier Biography

Urs Meier is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on January 22, 1959 in Würenlos, Würenlos, Switzerland. Urs Meier (born January 22, 1959, in Würenlos, Aargau) is a retired Swiss football referee. He officiated at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, taking charge of the semi-final between South Korea and Germany in 2002. He also refereed the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final that year. He appeared at Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, refereeing the quarter-final between England and Portugal in 2004. He retired 6 months later.

He refereed a qualification match for Euro 2004 between Romania and Denmark. Denmark equalised in extra time to eliminate Romania. Romanian side argued he should have ended the game more than a minute before. Also, the penalty allowing Denmark to score the first goal was highly disputed, even the Danish TV commentator saying “only certain host teams are awarded such penalties”. After several Romanian newspapers published his email address after the game, Meier received 14,000 e-mails, including death threats. He was already “well- known” to Romanians after Euro 2000, when he refereed the game between England and Romania and awarded England a highly disputed penalty, plus he refused to award Romania a much more obvious one. Even so, Romania managed to win that game (3–2) and he did award Romania a penalty in the final moments of the match, after an obvious foul.

Urs Meier Net Worth

Urs Meier is one of the richest Association Football Referee from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Urs Meier 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At the 1998 World Cup, Meier refereed the USA-Iran match.

He refereed the Euro 2004 quarter-final between England and Portugal at Lisbon, which ended in a 2–2 draw with Portugal proceeding to win on a penalty shootout. In the 90th minute, Sol Campbell found the net, but Meier disallowed the goal citing a push on the Portuguese keeper. After the match Meier’s personal details were published by British tabloid newspapers and Meier received more than 16,000 abusive e-mails, including death threats. Reporters from The Sun travelled to Switzerland and placed a giant English flag on a field near his home. As a result, he was placed under police protection.

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Facts & Trivia

Urs Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Urs Meier celebrates birthday on January 22 of every year.