Guido Winkmann (born 27 November 1973) is a German

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referee who is based in

Kerken Kerken with the towns of Aldekerk, Eyll, Nieukerk and Stenden, is a municipality in the Cleves (district), district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 15 km no ...

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/ref> He referees for SV Nütterden of the

Lower Rhine Football Association The Lower Rhine Football Association (german: Fußballverband Niederrhein, FVN) is the umbrella organization of football clubs in the German Lower Rhine region, and comprises 14 football districts. The FVN was founded in 1947 and has its headquarte ...

Refereeing career

Winkmann started his refereeing career in 2001, and in 2004 he was promoted to the 2. Bundeliga. In 2011, he was promoted to the elite group of referees who referee the

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. His first Bundesliga match was on 16 August 2008 when he refereed Energie Cottbus and

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Turn- und Sportgemeinschaft 1899 Hoffenheim e.V., or simply TSG 1899 Hoffenheim or just Hoffenheim () is a German professional football club based in Hoffenheim, a village of Sinsheim municipality, Baden-Württemberg. Originally founded in 1899 ...

Personal life

Guido lives in

and is a police officer.

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Guido Winkmann
at dfb.de
Guido Winkmann
at WorldFootball.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Winkmann, Guido 1973 births Living people German football referees Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region)