L’European dell’Italy it started with a Dutchman, makkelie, and it will end with another, Kuipers. The 48 year old from oldenzaal, considered one of the most experienced whistles on the international scene, he was designated for the final on Sunday in Wembley among the blues el‘England. As assistants he will have his compatriots Sander Van Roekel and Edwin Zeinstra, fourth official will be the Spaniard Carlos Del Cerro Grande while at the Where German was designated Bastian Dankert, with Dutch assistants Pol Van Boekel and the Germans Christian Gittelmann e Marco Fritz. Who is Bjorn Kuipers? He is the right man to guarantee entertainment and respect for the rules after the red-hot ones controversy for the “help” ai Leoni in the semifinal with the Denmark?
Kuipers, the richest referee in the world
Son of art (his father was also a referee), Kuipers he started directing competitions at a very young age, arriving in Eredivisie, the Dutch top flight, in the 2004-05 season. In 2006 he became international and, with today’s designation, he made history: never before has he been an arbiter of Netherlands he had directed a final of the continental event. But Kuipers it also boasts another record. Owner of a very common supermarket chain in Netherlands, the C1000, it boasts an estimated assets of 12.4 million euros, a figure that places it far ahead of all the other whistles on the planet. In short, he is the richest referee in the world.
