Pedro Proença
Proença refereeing a Champions League match in 2013.
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| Full name | Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia | ||
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3 November 1970 Lisbon, Portugal |
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| Other occupation | Financial advisor | ||
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 1998–2015 | Portuguese Liga | Referee | |
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2003–2015 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpeðɾu pɾuˈe̋sɐ]; born 3 November 1970) is a retired Portuguese football referee.
Proença has refereed a number of notable matches including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Taça de Portugal finals, Taça da Liga finals, as well as the final of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship becoming the first referee to overview both finals of the main European competitions for clubs and national teams in the same year.
In 2006–07, he was named as the Portuguese Referee of the Year. He was promoted to UEFA's Elite category at the start of the 2009–10 season. On 22 June 2011, he was named as "Best Referee" for the 2010–11 season by the Portuguese Football Federation. In January 2013, he was voted by the IFFHS as the Best Referee of 2012. Proença retired from refereeing in January 2015.
In July 2015, six months after retiring from refereeing, he announced his candidature and was subsequently elected president of the Portuguese Professional Football League.
Proença has refereed in the Portuguese Liga since 1998, being promoted to the FIFA international referee list in 2003.
On 10 August 2003, he officiated the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, his first final in Portuguese competitions. The match took place at Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, and opposed Porto and Leiria. A year later, he took charge of three matches at the 2004 UEFA Under-19 Championships, including the final between Turkey and Spain.
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