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The Most Famous

REFEREES from Mexico

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This page contains a list of the greatest Mexican Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 107 Referees, 2 of which were born in Mexico. This makes Mexico the birth place of the 27th most number of Referees behind Paraguay and Slovenia.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Mexican Referees of all time. This list of famous Mexican Referees is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Marco Antonio Rodríguez (1973 - )

With an HPI of 39.80, Marco Antonio Rodríguez is the most famous Mexican Referee.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages on wikipedia.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (born 10 November 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican former football referee.

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2. César Arturo Ramos (1983 - )

With an HPI of 30.72, César Arturo Ramos is the 2nd most famous Mexican Referee.  His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

César Arturo Ramos Palazuelos (born 5 December 1983) is a Mexican professional football referee. His mother was born in France and his father is of Portuguese descent. Both his parents emigrated to Mexico a year before he was born. He has been a full international for FIFA since 2014. He refereed matches in CONCACAF Champions League, in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, and in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Pantheon has 2 people classified as referees born between 1973 and 1983. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living referees include Marco Antonio Rodríguez and César Arturo Ramos.

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