Stéphane Laurent Lannoy (born 18 September 1969 in

Boulogne-sur-Mer Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the ...

) is a French

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. Lannoy played football at an early age before moving into officiating matches. He has been a

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international referee since 2006.FIFA list of French referees
/ref> He lives in

Sailly-sur-la-Lys Sailly-sur-la-Lys (, literally ''Sailly on the Lys''; vls, Zelleken) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a large farming and light industrial village situated s ...

and works as a video games distributor.Bio at worldreferee.com
/ref> He has refereed games at the

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, in the

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and qualifiers for the

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and

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.List of Lannoy matches at worldreferee.com
/ref> He was selected as a referee for the

.List of prospective 2010 FIFA World Cup referees
/ref> Lannoy refereed the group stage match between The Netherlands and Denmark and the match between Brazil and Ivory Coast. He was also picked as one referee of the referees for

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. On 28 June 2012, Lannoy refereed the Euro 2012 semifinal between Italy and Germany, won 2–1 by Italy. He booked

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, in accordance with UEFA guidelines, for taking his shirt off after a goal celebration.

References

1969 births Living people People from Boulogne-sur-Mer Sportspeople from Pas-de-Calais French football referees 2010 FIFA World Cup referees UEFA Champions League referees UEFA Euro 2012 referees {{France-footy-bio-stub