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Pierluigi Pairetto

1952 - Today

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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

Among referees, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 31 out of 107Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 424Before 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.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 3,614 out of 4,668Before 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).

Among REFEREES In Italy

Among referees born in Italy, Pierluigi Pairetto ranks 5Before 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).