Louis II in Monaco. 2006 FIFA World Cup Group C: Argentina vs Ivory Coast De Bleeckere issued five yellows during this match, including Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboué and Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze. Group F: Croatia vs Japan De Bleeckere showed five yellows again, including cards given to Japanese goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi and Croatian defender Darijo Srna. Also he awarded a penalty to Croatia. Second round: England vs Ecuador Paul Robinson and Jamie Carragher were booked for time wasting, and John Terry for dangerous play. For Ecuador, three players made their way into the referee's book. Quarterfinal: Italy vs Ukraine De Bleeckere refereed the match between Italy and Ukraine and had few troubles on the pitch, the match featured very few harsh tackles and De Bleeckere only had to hand out three yellow cards. 2010 FIFA World Cup He was preselected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He showed a second yellow and inevitably a red card to Loukas Vyntra on the 43rd minute during Switzerland - Greece game that was held on 5 September 2009. He officiated the match between the United States and Algeria on 23 June. International career 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Cyprus 0 Republic of Ireland 4, March 2001 Moldova 0 Turkey 0, October 2001 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification Latvia 0 Sweden 0, September 2002 Greece 1 Ukraine 0, June 2003 Macedonia 1 England 2, September 2003 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship UAE 1 Slovakia 4, November 2003 Japan 1 England 0, November 2003 Colombia 0 Egypt 0, November 2003 Panama 1 UAE 2, December 2003 Argentina 3 Mali 1, December 2003 Republic of Ireland 2 Colombia 2, December 2003 Spain 1 Colombia 0, December 2003 Colombia 2 Argentina 1, December 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 Denmark 0 Italy 0, June 2004 Russia 0 Portugal 2, June 2004 Russia 2 Greece 1, June 2004 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification Slovenia 1 Italy 0, October 2004 Armenia 1 Romania 1, November 2004 Korea DPR 0 Japan 2, June 2005 Estonia 0 Portugal 1, June 2005 Sweden 3 Bulgaria 0, September 2005 Denmark 1 Greece 0, October 2005 Turkey 4 Switzerland 2, November 2005 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship Peru 1 Ghana 1, September 2005 Ivory Coast 0 North Korea 3, September 2005 Qatar 0 Brazil 6, September 2005 Turkey 3 Brazil 4, September 2005 Mexico 3 Brazil 0, October 2005 FIFA World Cup 2006