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| Full name | Manuel Enrique Mejuto González | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | (1965-04-16)16 April 1965 (age 60) La Felguera, Spain | ||
| Other occupation | Civil servant | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1987–1990 | Tercera | Referee | |
| 1990–1994 | Segunda B | Referee | |
| 1994–1995 | Segunda | Referee | |
| 1995–2010 | La Liga | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1999–2010 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (born 16 April 1965) is a Spanish formerfootball referee. He is best known for refereeing the2005 UEFA Champions League Final betweenLiverpool andMilan. He also officiated two matches in theEuro 2004 in Portugal. In European club competition, he has refereed threeUEFA Cup matches and thirty-sevenUEFA Champions League matches in his career.
Mejuto was born inLa Felguera,Langreo. On 16 October 2005, he referred theRussian Premier League match betweenSpartak Moscow andZenit St.Petersburg.[1][2]
At theEuro 2008 finals, Mejuto dismissed the managers of both teams,Joachim Löw andJosef Hickersberger, from the touchline and into the stands at the end of the first half of theGroup B match betweenAustria andGermany on 16 June 2008, "for what appeared to be an ongoing spat with the fourth official", according to the BBC.[3]
Mejuto refereed in a2010 World Cup qualification match betweenSweden andDenmark on 10 October 2009.