The Most Famous

REFEREES from Venezuela

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This page contains a list of the greatest Venezuelan Referees. The pantheon dataset contains 147 Referees, 1 of which were born in Venezuela. This makes Venezuela the birth place of the 57th most number of Referees behind Croatia, and Israel.

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

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1. Jesús Valenzuela (b. 1983)

With an HPI of 42.86, Jesús Valenzuela is the most famous Venezuelan Referee.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

Jesús Noel Valenzuela Sáez (born 24 November 1983) is a Venezuelan football referee who is listed as an international referee for FIFA since 2013. He made his officiating debut in the 2011–12 Venezuelan Primera División season. On 14 December 2021, Valenzuela was named CONMEBOL's best referee for 2021 by the IFFHS.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Venezuelan referees born between 1983 and 1983. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Venezuelan referees include Jesús Valenzuela. As of April 2024, 1 new Venezuelan referees have been added to Pantheon including Jesús Valenzuela.

Living Venezuelan Referees

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Newly Added Venezuelan Referees (2024)

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