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Romualdo Arppi Filho

1939 - 2023

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Romualdo Arppi Filho (7 January 1939 – 4 March 2023) was a Brazilian football referee. He is mostly known for supervising three matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, including the final rival between Germany and Argentina. Argentina eventually won the game 3–2. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romualdo Arppi Filho has received more than 52,833 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Romualdo Arppi Filho is the 6th most popular referee (down from 5th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 300th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Romualdo Arppi Filho ranks 6 out of 107Before him are Pierluigi Collina, Sándor Puhl, Ivan Eklind, Cüneyt Çakır, and Björn Kuipers. After him are Markus Merk, Felix Brych, Said Belqola, Horacio Elizondo, Howard Webb, and Nicolae Rainea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Romualdo Arppi Filho ranks 271Before him are James Mancham, Robert Waseige, Tom Hayden, Dezső Novák, John Peel, and Vaçe Zela. After him are Ole Ellefsæter, Joseph Vilsmaier, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Ljiljana Petrović, László Kovács, and Billy Cox. Among people deceased in 2023, Romualdo Arppi Filho ranks 195Before him are Dianne Feinstein, Antoni Martí, Michel Deville, Colin Burgess, Álvaro Colom, and Sandra Day O'Connor. After him are Harry Frankfurt, Fathima Beevi, Francesco Alberoni, Yuri Manin, Elisabeth Kopp, and Ken Block.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Romualdo Arppi Filho ranks 339 out of 2,067Before him are Valdo Filho (1964), Abel Braga (1952), Filipe Luís (1985), Nise da Silveira (1905), Danilo Alvim (1920), and Aloísio Lorscheider (1924). After him are Camargo Guarnieri (1907), Ana Maria Machado (1941), Chiquinha Gonzaga (1847), Roberto Firmino (1991), Hamilton Mourão (1953), and Paulo Evaristo Arns (1921).

Among REFEREES In Brazil

Among referees born in Brazil, Romualdo Arppi Filho ranks 1After him are Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (1943), Sandro Ricci (1974), and Carlos Eugênio Simon (1965).