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Nicola Rizzoli

1971 - Today

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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

Among referees, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 13 out of 107Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 121Before 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.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 3,126 out of 4,668Before 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).

Among REFEREES In Italy

Among referees born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 2Before 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).