1952 - Today
Pierluigi Pairetto (born 15 July 1952 in Turin) is an Italian former football referee. Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena. He held the position of Italian vice chairman of the UEFA Referees Committee until the summer of 2006, when it was discovered that he had been in regular telephone contact with Juventus FC chief executive Luciano Moggi regarding which referees would be selected for 2004–05 Serie A fixtures. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierluigi Pairetto has received more than 61,179 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Pierluigi Pairetto is the 31st most popular referee (up from 35th in 2019), the 3,614th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,331st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Referee.
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Among referees, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 31 out of 107. Before him are Jack Taylor, Viktor Kassai, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, Pedro Proença, Kim Milton Nielsen, and Frank De Bleeckere. After him are Jorge Larrionda, Milorad Mažić, Daniele Orsato, Ľuboš Micheľ, Wolfgang Stark, and Yuichi Nishimura.
1930 - 2012
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 25
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.24
Rank: 26
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 27
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 28
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.60
Rank: 29
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 30
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 31
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 32
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 33
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 34
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 35
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 36
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 37
Among people born in 1952, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 424. Before him are Julie Taymor, Biyouna, Darya Dontsova, Kim Kashkashian, Michael McDonald, and Mario Theissen. After him are David Garrison, Hasse Backe, Lorna Luft, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Kevin Kelly, and Veerappan.
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 418
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 419
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.08
Rank: 420
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 421
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 422
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 423
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 424
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 425
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 426
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 427
1952 - 2012
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 428
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 429
1952 - 2004
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 430
Among people born in Italy, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 3,614 out of 4,668. Before him are Violante Placido (1976), Alberto Colombo (1946), Angelo Damiano (1938), Riccardo Carapellese (1922), Severino Rigoni (1914), and Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano (1872). After him are Giuseppe Veronese (1854), Paulinus of York (null), Maturino Blanchet (1892), Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia (1967), Francesco Janich (1937), and Agostino Di Bartolomei (1955).
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.11
Rank: 3,608
1946 - 2024
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 3,609
1938 - Present
HPI: 44.10
Rank: 3,610
1922 - 1995
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 3,611
1914 - 1992
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 3,612
1872 - 1952
HPI: 44.05
Rank: 3,613
1952 - Present
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 3,614
1854 - 1917
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 3,615
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 3,616
1892 - 1974
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 3,617
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 3,618
1937 - 2019
HPI: 43.95
Rank: 3,619
1955 - 1994
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 3,620
Among referees born in Italy, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 5. Before him are Pierluigi Collina (1960), Nicola Rizzoli (1971), Roberto Rosetti (1967), and Sergio Gonella (1933). After him are 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