Victor Miguel de Freitas Gomes (born 15 December 1982) is a South African
football referee.
A PSL referee since 2008, Gomes was voted
PSL Referee of the Season in 2012–13 and 2017–18 and has been an international referee since 2011.
In 2018, he was hailed by the
South African Football Association after he rejected and reported an attempted bribe of over R300000. Gomes had been approached and offered the sum of money to fix a
CAF Confederation Cup match between Nigerian side
Plateau United and Algerian side
USM Alger. He was again nominated for the PSL Referee of the Season award upon the conclusion of the domestic campaign.
He officiated the
2019
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and
2021
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edition of
Africa Cup of Nations. He refereed the
2021 Africa Cup of Nations Final between
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
and
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
.
References
1982 births
Living people
South African soccer referees
2022 FIFA World Cup referees
FIFA World Cup referees
South African people of Portuguese descent
Sportspeople from Johannesburg
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