# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilles-veissiere
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:42:06.839Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilles-veissiere"
name: "Gilles Veissière"
slug: "gilles-veissiere"
description: "Gilles Veissière is a football referee from France, best known for supervising two matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. He also led two matches at the 2000 and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, and has refereed numerous UEFA Champions League matches. He was selected for the FIFA Europe vs. Rest of the World match to accompany the World Cup draw in Marseille in 1997."
tagline: "French football referee"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1959-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.27
  momentum:             13.55555555555556
  historical:           11.832652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جيل فيسيير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جيل فيسيير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BA%D5%AB%D5%AC_%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%A5%D6%80"
    title: "Ժիլ Վեսիեր"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_Veissi%C3%A8re"
    title: "Gilles Veissière"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Вессьер, Жиль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%94%D1%80"
    title: "Жиль Вессьєр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q550270"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump