Who is the referee for the UEFA Nations League final between Portugal and Spain?
Portugal will face Spain in the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League final on Sunday at the Allianz Arena in Munich.
Swiss referee Sandro Scharer will officiate the clash between the two European heavyweights. The 37-year-old has been a full international for FIFA since 2015.
After completing his referee training in 2005, Scharer quickly rose through the ranks and, by 2011, at the age of 23, was already officiating matches in the Challenge League, Switzerland's second-highest league. In 2013, he made his Super League debut in a match between FC Lausanne-Sport and FC Thun.
He made his international debut in a qualifying tournament for the 2015 U-17 European Football Championship. His senior international debut came in a friendly between Italy and San Marino in May 2017.
At the start of the 2024/25 season, Scharer was nominated to referee the 2024 UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Atalanta Bergamo at the National Stadium.
Sandro Scharer stats this season in the Nations League Nations League A
Apparances: 1
Yellow cards: 2
Red cards: 0 Nations League B
Apparances: 1
Yellow cards: 3
Red cards: 0 Full list of officials
Referee: Sandro Scharer
Assistant referees: Jonas Erni, Susann Kung
VAR: Fedayi San
Assistant VAR 1: Dennis Higler
Assistant VAR 2: Paul van Boekel
Fourth official: Serdar Gozubuyuk
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