Laurent Duhamel

Laurent Duhamel ( born October 10, 1968 in Rouen ) is a French football referee.

Duhamel whistles since 1993 for the French federation. He is regularly in Ligue 1 in use; in the 2007/ 08 season he has already passed 12 games until February 10, 2008. In its balance sheet are the French Cup final in 2001 and 2006.

International Duhamel is in use since 2002. He was in eleven countries playing on the course; among other things, in a 2-1 victory in Switzerland in a friendly against the Netherlands on August 22, 2007. Moreover, he has directed ten UEFA Cup games and six games of the Champions League.

In the Champions League he has owned three times to play German teams. In the season 2005/ 06 he was in the 1-1 draw between FC Brugge and FC Bayern Munich in use. The following season he was Referee in the 1:3 home defeat of Hamburger SV vs FC Porto. In the 2007 /08 season he whistled on 11 December 2007 in a 3-0 win against Werder Bremen Olympiakos Piraeus. On 19 February 2008 he was in the first leg of the first knockout round 2007/ 08 of 23 man in the 1-0 victory of FC Schalke 04 against FC Porto in Gelsenkirchen.