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Revision as of 21:43, 23 June 2006 by Oshah (talk | contribs) (→[]: czech vs ghana + edit of switz korea)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Horacio Marcelo Elizondo (born November 4 ,1963, in Quilmes) is an Argentine international football referee.
Background
Elizondo completed studies in physical education, and started refereeing after finishing the AFA course. His debute in the Argentine first division was in the Deportivo Español-Belgrano de Córdoba match in 1992. He was named international in 1994, and directed his first international match on October 9 1994 between Ecuador and Colombia for the 1998 World Cup qualifications.
2006 FIFA World Cup
He was appointed to represent Argentina in the
, together with country fellow assistants Darío García and Rodolfo Otero, to referee the opening game of the tournament between Germany and Costa Rica.
In his next match, the Czech Republic - Ghana game, he awarded Ghana a penalty for a challenge by Tomáš Ujfaluši, on Matthew Amoah. However, whilst he was sending off the Czech defender, Amoah prematurely took the penalty without waiting for the referee. It left Elizondo with little choice but to book the Ghanan forward.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).. In the latter, he showed a red card to David Beckham in the tie between Manchester United and Necaxa.
He also refereed in the final matches of the 2002 and 2005 Copa Libertadores de América. In the 2005 tournament the two Brazilian finalist teams São Paulo FC and Atlético Paranaense lobbied Conmebol to have Elizondo as the main referee.
In the annual world referee ranking of the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS), Elizondo was positioned 5th in 2001, and 12th in 2005.
Statistics
| Event | Games | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copa Libertadores 2006 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| CONMEBOL 2006 WC qualifiers | 9 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| World Cup 2006 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 13 | 45 | 0 | 4 |
References
- FIFA - 'Horacio Elizondo: “Referees need to be clinical'". Last accessed on June 1 2006.
- Prensa Latina - "Elizondo representará al arbitraje argentino". Last accessed on June 1 2006.
- BBC news - "Beckham off in Man Utd epic". Last accessed on June 1 2006.
- RSSSF - "IFFHS' World's Best Referee of the Year 1987-2004". Last accessed on June 1 2006.
- IFFHS - "The World's best Referee 2005". Last accessed on June 1 2006.