António José da Silva Garrido OIH (3 December 1932 – 10 September 2014) was a Portuguese football referee.

Career

Born in Vieira de Leiria,

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, Garrido was the first Portuguese referee to officiate a European Cup final in 1980. He refereed three matches in the

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, two in the 1978 and one in the 1982 – the 3rd place play-off match. He also refereed one match in the

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and the first leg of 1977 European Super Cup. On 3 August 1983, Garrido received the title of Officer of the Order of Prince Henry. Although he was an accountant by profession, he continued involved in football after his forced retirement as a referee in 1982 due to age limit. He then had several positions, becoming member of the FPF's Refereeing Board (for 4 years), FIFA referee instructor,

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observer, and referees commissioner in World Cups (for 20 years). In 2005, Garrido was heard as a witness in Portuguese corruption scandal Apito Dourado (Golden Whistle) for being tapped talking to Pinto de Sousa (Chairman of the FPF's Refereeing Board) and

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(Chairman of the

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1978 World Cup

Garrido officiated the match between the hosts

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and

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UEFA Euro 1980

Garrido also officiated the match between Italy and Belgium at

Personal life and death

In 2012, Garrido admitted to have become a supporter of FC Porto, despite being himself a declared supporter of

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before ending his referee career. He was accused of collaborating with the former club, a claim which he denied. On 10 September 2014, he died after a long illness.

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