1969 - Today
Byron Aldemar Moreno Ruales (born November 23, 1969) is an Ecuadorian former football referee and convicted drug trafficker who served in the FIFA World Cup as an International Referee from 1996 to 2003. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Byron Moreno has received more than 474,661 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Byron Moreno is the 17th most popular referee (down from 14th in 2019), the 29th most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular Ecuadorean Referee.
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Among referees, Byron Moreno ranks 17 out of 107. Before him are Howard Webb, Nicolae Rainea, Nicola Rizzoli, Maurice Guigue, Rudi Glöckner, and Gottfried Dienst. After him are Tom Henning Øvrebø, Massimo Busacca, Roberto Rosetti, Sergio Gonella, Gamal Al-Ghandour, and Ravshan Irmatov.
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 11
1933 - 2015
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 12
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 13
1912 - 2011
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 14
1929 - 1999
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 15
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 16
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 17
1966 - Present
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 18
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 19
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 20
1933 - 2018
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 21
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 22
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 23
Among people born in 1969, Byron Moreno ranks 171. Before him are Lexington Steele, Germán Burgos, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Verne Troyer, Christy Turlington, and Elizabeth Gilbert. After him are Paulo Sérgio, Jakob Dylan, Noah Taylor, Fran, Michael Kelly, and Dacian Cioloș.
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 165
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 166
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 167
1969 - 2018
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 168
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 169
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 170
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 171
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 172
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 173
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 174
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 175
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 176
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 177
Among people born in Ecuador, Byron Moreno ranks 29 out of 126. Before him are Juan Montalvo (1832), Vicente Rocafuerte (1783), Jamil Mahuad (1949), Abdalá Bucaram (1952), Eugenio Espejo (1747), and Andrés Gómez (1960). After him are Guillermo Rodríguez (1924), José de la Mar (1778), Pancho Segura (1921), Matilde Hidalgo (1889), Osvaldo Hurtado (1939), and Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906).
1832 - 1889
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 23
1783 - 1847
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 24
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 25
1952 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 26
1747 - 1795
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 27
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 28
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 29
1924 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 30
1778 - 1830
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 31
1921 - 2017
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 32
1889 - 1974
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 33
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 34
1906 - 1978
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 35
Among referees born in Ecuador, Byron Moreno ranks 1. After him are Carlos Vera (1976).