Slavko Vinčić
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Slavko Vinčić (born 25 November 1979) is a Slovenian football referee.[1] He has been an international-listed referee for FIFA since 2010.[2] Vinčić went to UEFA Euro 2012 as additional assistant in the team of Damir Skomina.
Born |
(1979-11-25) 25 November 1979 (age 44) Maribor, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia | ||
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Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
Slovenian PrvaLiga | Referee | ||
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2010– | FIFA listed | Referee |
As of July 2021 he has been in charge of 12 Champions League and 19 Europa League matches, including 2020–21 Champions League quarterfinal between Porto and Chelsea and 2020–21 Europa League semifinal between Arsenal and Villarreal. He was also the referee for the 2022 UEFA Europa League Final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers.
Vinčić was selected as a match official for Euro 2020, where he refereed two group stage matches (Spain-Sweden and Switzerland-Turkey) and the QF clash between Italy and Belgium.
On 30 May 2020, Vinčić was arrested by mistake as part of a police probe into a prostitution and drugs ring in Bosnia and Herzegovina[3] but was soon cleared of any wrongdoing.[4]