Joël Quiniou (born 11 July 1950) is a French former
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
referee. He is best known for supervising eight matches in the
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...
, one in
1986, three in
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
and four in
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
.
Career
He supervised eight matches in the
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...
, one in
1986, three in
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
and four in
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
. In the group stages of the 1986 World Cup, Quiniou sent off Uruguay's
Jose Batista in the first minute of the match against Scotland, after a rough tackle on
Gordon Strachan. this remains the fastest dismissal in World Cup history.
[Pan Pylas and Anne-Marie Belgrave]
"Uruguay's Batista shown fastest red card"
, ''Associated Press'', 6 June 2014
Quiniou received criticism for his performance at the
1994 FIFA World Cup Semi-final between Bulgaria and Italy. Several penalty claims by the Bulgarians were turned down, most notably when
Alessandro Costacurta handled the ball inside the penalty area.
[WORLD CUP USA '94: SEMIFINALS : Bulgaria Blames French Resistance : Officiating: Referee accused of bias because of his nationality; Bulgaria beat France in decisive Cup qualifier.]
, ''Los Angeles Times'', 14 July 1994
World Cup matches
Honours
Orders
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Knight of the National Order of Merit: 1994
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Knight of the Legion of Honour: 2000
References
External links
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Profile
1950 births
Living people
French football referees
1990 FIFA World Cup referees
1994 FIFA World Cup referees
1986 FIFA World Cup referees
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Knights of the Legion of Honour
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