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Nicola Rizzoli

1971 - Today

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Nicola Rizzoli (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla ritˈtsɔːli]; born 5 October 1971) is an Italian former football referee who refereed in the Italian Serie A from 2002 to 2017 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2007 to 2017. He refereed the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina on 13 July at the Estádio do Maracanã and the 2013 Champions League Final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium. Rizzoli won seven consecutive AIC Serie A Referee of the Year Awards from 2011 to 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicola Rizzoli has received more than 349,542 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Nicola Rizzoli is the 15th most popular referee (down from 13th in 2019), the 3,213th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,116th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Referee.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 15 out of 147. Before him are Rudi Glöckner, Nicolae Rainea, Jack Taylor, Björn Kuipers, Howard Webb, and Roberto Rosetti. After him are Said Belqola, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Viktor Kassai, Maurice Guigue, Sergio Gonella, and Szymon Marciniak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 113. Before him are Howard Webb, Gary Barlow, Shireen Abu Akleh, Sergi Bruguera, Luke Wilson, and Matthew Vaughn. After him are Stella McCartney, Heike Makatsch, Adriana Karembeu, Raoul Bova, Luigi Di Biagio, and Leslie Grossman.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 3,213 out of 5,161. Before him are Ricardo Ezzati Andrello (1942), Publius Servilius Casca (-84), Lino Aldani (1926), Riccardo Cucciolla (1924), Titus Calpurnius Siculus (290), and Giulio Cabianca (1923). After him are Giuseppe Pizzardo (1877), Licia Albanese (1909), Sabrina Ferilli (1964), Francesco Pesellino (1422), Mario Bellini (1935), and Cesare Balbo (1789).

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Among REFEREES In Italy

Among referees born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 3. Before him are Pierluigi Collina (1960), and Roberto Rosetti (1967). After him are Sergio Gonella (1933), Daniele Orsato (1975), Pierluigi Pairetto (1952), Gianluca Rocchi (1973), Paolo Tagliavento (1972), and Stefano Farina (1962).

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