1969 - Today
Massimo Busacca (born 6 February 1969) is a Swiss former football referee, who is FIFA Director Refereeing, overseeing the protection of football’s core values and the continuous improvement of the game through the development of match officials and referee coaches. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Massimo Busacca has received more than 129,278 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Massimo Busacca is the 19th most popular referee, the 437th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 422nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Referee.
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Among referees, Massimo Busacca ranks 19 out of 107. Before him are Nicola Rizzoli, Maurice Guigue, Rudi Glöckner, Gottfried Dienst, Byron Moreno, and Tom Henning Øvrebø. After him are Roberto Rosetti, Sergio Gonella, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Ravshan Irmatov, Nikolay Latyshev, and Jack Taylor.
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
1913 - 1999
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 24
1930 - 2012
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 25
Among people born in 1969, Massimo Busacca ranks 182. Before him are Michael Kelly, Dacian Cioloș, Vladimir Jugović, Márcio Santos, Ramon Dekkers, and Amy Ryan. After him are Silas Weir Mitchell, Andrei Kanchelskis, Steve McQueen, Erlend Loe, Mahsun Kırmızıgül, and Virginie Despentes.
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 176
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 177
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 178
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 179
1969 - 2013
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 180
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 181
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 182
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 183
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 184
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 185
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 186
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 187
1969 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 188
Among people born in Switzerland, Massimo Busacca ranks 437 out of 876. Before him are Lionel Dunsterville (1865), Max Petitpierre (1899), Paul Scherrer (1890), Johann Amman (1707), Pipilotti Rist (1962), and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701). After him are Heinrich Schmid (1921), Philipp Etter (1891), Joseph Benz (1944), Arnold Koller (1933), Kaspar Villiger (1941), and Giuseppe Lepori (1902).
1865 - 1946
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 431
1899 - 1994
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 432
1890 - 1969
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 433
1707 - 1741
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 434
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 435
1701 - 1776
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 436
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 437
1921 - 1999
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 438
1891 - 1977
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 439
1944 - 2021
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 440
1933 - Present
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 441
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 442
1902 - 1968
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 443
Among referees born in Switzerland, Massimo Busacca ranks 2. Before him are Gottfried Dienst (1919). After him are Urs Meier (1959).
1919 - 1998
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 1
1969 - Present
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 2
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 3