Marc Batta
Marc Batta is a French former football referee.Football career
Born in Marseille, Batta reached FIFA international status in 1990. He was namely in charge of the 1993–94 Coupe de France final, also directing the first leg of the 1996–97 UEFA Cup decisive match between FC Schalke 04 and Inter Milan.
In national team competitions, Batta was present at the UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup tournaments, refereeing two games in the latter. During the qualification group match between Germany and Portugal, with Portugal leading after 71 minutes, Batta controversially sent off Rui Costa. This directly led to Portugal failing the qualification to the World Cup.
In July 2004 Batta succeeded Michel Vautrot as head of referees in the French Football Federation, remaining in the position for four years. On 1 August 2012, he took up the equivalent post with the Romanian Football Federation.
