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Pierluigi Pairetto

Born	(1952-07-15) 15 July 1952 (age 72) Turin, Italy
Other occupation	Veterinarian
Domestic
Years	League	Role
1981–1998	Serie A	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
1989–1997	FIFA-listed	Referee

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. As a result of his involvement in this scandal, he initially received a ban of two years and six months from football, although this was later increased to three and a half years.

References

1. Profile Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in German): Weltfussbal.de website.
2. Increased ban: International Herald Tribune website.

External links

• Jonathan O'Brien, The Sunday Business Post, 16 July 2006, "The Italian Job"

Preceded by1992 Bruno Galler	UEFA European Football Championship final referee 1996	Succeeded by2000 Anders Frisk
Preceded by1995 Piero Ceccarini	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final referee 1996	Succeeded by1997 Markus Merk

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