Vadim Dzmitryevich Zhuk (; ; born 20 May 1952) is a former Soviet

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referee from

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

. Zhuk refereed the final match of 1991 Women's World Cup and the 1996 UEFA Cup Final between

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and Bayern München. He also worked at

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. Zhuk was placed eighth on the IFFHS' World's Best Referee of the Year in 1995.RSSSF - IFFHS' World's Best Referee of the Year 1987-2006
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1952 births Living people Belarusian football referees Soviet football referees UEFA Champions League referees UEFA Euro 1996 referees FIFA Women's World Cup finals match officials {{Belarus-footy-bio-stub