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Ľuboš Micheľ ((:ˈʎuboʃ ˈmixeʎ); born May 16, 1968 in Stropkov, Czechoslovakia, ''now Slovakia'') is a former top-level Slovak football referee who currently works as head of the international competitions department of FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Micheľ became a FIFA referee at the age of 25. One big milestone in his career was refereeing the 2003 UEFA Cup Final between Porto and Celtic. He also appeared at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2004, refereeing the quarter-final between Sweden and the Netherlands. Micheľ was ranked the world's third best referee in 2005 by the IFFHS, second best in 2006 and third best again in 2007.〔(International Federation of Football History & Statistics (iffhs.de) )〕 He was selected as a referee for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He also refereed the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United and Chelsea. Micheľ was a manager of a car tyre factory outside of refereeing,〔(WorldReferee.com - referee - Lubos Michel - bio )〕 and previously a teacher. He speaks English, Russian, German and Polish in addition to his native Slovak. He founded the society ''Talent'' to support young Slovak football players. Micheľ has been a Member of National Council of the Slovak Republic since 2006. On October 23, 2008 he retired from active referee activity due to problems with Achilles tendon, that should be operated on as soon as possible. Though recovering may take only up to 4 months, Ľuboš Micheľ informed the Slovak Football Association and UEFA, that he will not continue to referee anymore.〔http://www.futbalsfz.sk/ligy/corgon/spravy/michel-ukoncil-rozhodcovsku-karieru/1634/〕 His last match was the game Metalurh Zaporizhya against Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. On October 27, Micheľ signed a contract with Shakhtar Donetsk as the head of the international competitions department.〔http://shakhtar.com/en/news/7847〕 For a brief period of time between 2006 and 2010, Ľuboš Micheľ was serving as a lawmaker in the Slovak parliament, where he was elected in the 2006 elections. 〔http://www.thedailystar.net/2006/07/06/d60706040534.htm〕 ==History maker== When Micheľ took charge of the Paraguay v South Africa game at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, he became the first Slovak to referee a FIFA World Cup Finals match. (Three Slovak referees, Martin Macka (1958), Karol Galba (1962, 1966) and Vojtech Christov (1982, 1986) count to Czechoslovakia). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ľuboš Micheľ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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