1971 - Today
Nicola Rizzoli (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔla ritˈtsɔli]; 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 326,099 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 39 in 2019). Nicola Rizzoli is the 13th most popular referee (down from 10th in 2019), the 3,126th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,764th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Referee.
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Among referees, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 13 out of 107. Before him are Markus Merk, Felix Brych, Said Belqola, Horacio Elizondo, Howard Webb, and Nicolae Rainea. After him are Maurice Guigue, Rudi Glöckner, Gottfried Dienst, Byron Moreno, Tom Henning Øvrebø, and Massimo Busacca.
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 7
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 8
1956 - 2002
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 9
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 10
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
Among people born in 1971, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 121. Before him are Serginho, João Pinto, Andy Cole, Diana Damrau, Stella McCartney, and Johnny Knoxville. After him are J. Y. Park, Sarah Kane, Jessalyn Gilsig, Raoul Bova, Dwight Yorke, and Carlos Gamarra.
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 115
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 116
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 117
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 118
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 119
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 120
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 121
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 122
1971 - 1999
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 123
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 124
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 125
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 126
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 127
Among people born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 3,126 out of 4,668. Before him are Massimo Ambrosini (1977), Pierluigi Martini (1961), Laura Cereta (1469), Andrea Barzagli (1981), Roberto Malone (1956), and Manius Aquillius (-101). After him are Clara Calamai (1909), Ennio de Giorgi (1928), Giovanni Galli (1958), Adolfo Farsari (1841), Rosalinda Celentano (1968), and Aldo Boffi (1915).
1977 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 3,120
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 3,121
1469 - 1499
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 3,122
1981 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,123
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 3,124
101 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 3,125
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 3,126
1909 - 1998
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 3,127
1928 - 1996
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 3,128
1958 - Present
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 3,129
1841 - 1898
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 3,130
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 3,131
1915 - 1987
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 3,132
Among referees born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 2. Before him are Pierluigi Collina (1960). After him are Roberto Rosetti (1967), Sergio Gonella (1933), Pierluigi Pairetto (1952), Daniele Orsato (1975), Gianluca Rocchi (1973), and Paolo Tagliavento (1972).
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1
1971 - Present
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 2
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 3
1933 - 2018
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 4
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 5
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 7
1972 - Present
HPI: 29.14
Rank: 8