Peter Mikkelsen (1 May 1960 – 30 January 2019) was a Danish football referee, once the youngest referee to be selected to officiate at the FIFA World Cup. He refereed five matches at

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

s: two in

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

and three in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. He also refereed at two

UEFA European Championship The UEFA European Football Championship, less formally the European Championship and informally the Euro or Euros, is the primary association football tournament organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). The competition ...

tournaments: in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

and

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

. From 2008 to his death, Mikkelsen worked in the Human Resources department of the Danish company F-Group.

Honours

* IFFHS World's Best Referee (2): 1991, 1993

References

External links

Peter Mikkelsen at WorldFootball.net
1960 births 2019 deaths Danish football referees 1990 FIFA World Cup referees 1994 FIFA World Cup referees UEFA Euro 1992 referees UEFA Euro 1996 referees {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub