Florian Meyer (referee)

{{Short description|German football referee}}

{{Other people||Florian Meyer (disambiguation){{!}}Florian Meyer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football official

| name = Florian Meyer

| image = Florian Meyer.jpg

| caption = Meyer in 2009

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|11|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Braunschweig, West Germany

| death_date =

| death_place =

| otheroccupation = Firm manager

| years1 = 1996–2016

| league1 = DFB

| role1 = Referee

| years2 = 1997–2016

| league2 = 2. Bundesliga

| role2 = Referee

| years3 = 1999–2016

| league3 = Bundesliga

| role3 = Referee

| internationalyears1 = 2002–2013

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

}}

Florian Meyer (born 21 November 1968) is a former German football referee who is based in Burgdorf.{{cite web | url = https://www.dfb.de/index.php?id=11314 | title = Florian Meyer | publisher = German Football Association | access-date = 18 May 2014}} He refereed for RSV Braunschweig of the Lower Saxony Football Association.

Refereeing career

He has officiated in the German Football Association (DFB) since 1996 and he was a FIFA-referee from 2002 to 2013. He was fourth official for the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final between A.C. Milan and Liverpool.{{cite web | url = https://www.uefa.com/newsfiles/540620.pdf | title = Referee of UEFA Champions League final named | publisher = UEFA | date = 21 May 2007 | access-date = 18 May 2014}}

Meyer retired from officiating in 2016 because he reached the age limit for German referees, which is 47. His final Bundesliga match officiated was between FC Augsburg and Hamburger SV.{{cite web |url=http://www.sport1.de/fussball/bundesliga/2016/05/drei-schiris-hoeren-auf-abpfiff-fuer-kircher-meyer-und-weiner |title=Drei Bundesliga-Schiris gehen in Rente |trans-title=Three Bundesliga referees retire |date=12 May 2016 |website=sport1.de |publisher=Sport1 |access-date=14 May 2016 |language=de }}

Personal life

Meyer lives in Burgdorf and is a firm manager.

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