Grzegorz Gilewski

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Grzegorz Gilewski
Born (1973-02-24) 24 February 1973 (age 50)
Radom, Poland
Domestic
YearsLeague
1998–2009 Polish Football Association
International
YearsLeague
2001–2009 UEFA
2004–2009 FIFA

Grzegorz Gilewski (born 24 February 1973 in Radom, Poland) is a Polish football referee. Gilewski started his professional referee career in 1998 in the Polish Football Association. He started his international career as a referee for UEFA in 2001, overseeing matches in both Intertoto Cup and Europa League. Three year later Gilewski took his first match for FIFA, working World Cup qualifying. [1]

Bribery scandal

In October 2008, FIFA announced Gilewski was on the list of prospective Referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. [2] On 9 November 2008 Gilewski was detained by CBA in an investigation related to match-fixing in Polish football. He was charged the next day with three crimes: match-fixing, accepting bribes worth 120,000 PLN (ca. 30,000 EUR) and participation in an organised criminal group. [3]

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References

  1. "Grzegorz Gilewski » Matches as referee". www.WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. "List of prospective FIFA Referees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa TM, October 2008" (PDF). www.FIFA.com. FIFA. October 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. Grzegorz G. usłyszał osiem zarzutów we wrocławskiej prokuraturze, Wrocław Brzozowski, 12 October 2008 (in Polish)