Pedro Proença Pedro Proença Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia (; born 3 November 1970) is a retired Portuguese football referee. Proença has refereed a number of notable matches including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Taça de Portugal finals, Taça da Liga finals, as well as the final of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship becoming the first referee to overview both finals of the main European competitions for clubs and national teams in the same year. In 2006–07, he was named as the Portuguese Referee of the Year. He was promoted to UEFA's Elite category at the start of
Nationality law of the People's Republic of China citizenship in another country does not lose Chinese nationality. As Article 3 states that China does not recognize dual citizenship, under Chinese law the foreign nationality is not recognized. For example, in 2006, a Chinese citizen who was not settled in Guinea Bissau, but who acquired Guinea Bissau nationality (under local law) by virtue of an investment migration scheme, attempted to enter China on a Guinea Bissau passport and Chinese visa. Chinese border control confiscated the Guinea Bissau passport, on the basis that the person remained solely a Chinese citizen under Chinese law, and so it was illegal for that