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Horacio Elizondo

1963 - Today

Horacio Elizondo

Horacio Marcelo Elizondo (born November 4, 1963) is an Argentine former international football referee best known for officiating matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, including the final. Having achieved all his goals in refereeing, Elizondo retired after the December 2006 match between Boca Juniors and Lanús, 2 years before the compulsory retirement age of 45. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Horacio Elizondo is the 12th most popular referee (down from 8th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 281st in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Horacio Elizondo ranks 12 out of 147. Before him are Markus Merk, Michel Vautrot, Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, and Nicolae Rainea. After him are Rudi Glöckner, Jack Taylor, Howard Webb, Gottfried Dienst, Sergio Gonella, and Roberto Rosetti.

Most Popular Referees in Wikipedia

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Markus Merk
1962 - Present
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 6
Michel Vautrot
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 7
Nicola Rizzoli
1971 - Present
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 8
Björn Kuipers
1973 - Present
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 9
Said Belqola
1956 - 2002
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 10
Nicolae Rainea
1933 - 2015
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 11
Horacio Elizondo
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 12
Rudi Glöckner
1929 - 1999
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 13
Jack Taylor
1930 - 2012
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 14
Howard Webb
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 15
Gottfried Dienst
1919 - 1998
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 16
Sergio Gonella
1933 - 2018
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 17
Roberto Rosetti
1967 - Present
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 18

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Horacio Elizondo ranks 181. Before him are Andrew Ridgeley, T. B. Joshua, Stanislav Cherchesov, Pirmin Zurbriggen, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, and Martín Vizcarra. After him are Graham Arnold, Gary Stevens, Charles Barkley, Gavin O'Connor, Thomas Bickel, and Billy Gunn.

Others Born in 1963

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Andrew Ridgeley
SINGER
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 175
T. B. Joshua
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1963 - 2021
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 176
Stanislav Cherchesov
COACH
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 177
Pirmin Zurbriggen
SKIER
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 178
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
ACTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 179
Martín Vizcarra
POLITICIAN
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 180
Horacio Elizondo
REFEREE
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 181
Graham Arnold
COACH
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 182
Gary Stevens
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 183
Charles Barkley
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 184
Gavin O'Connor
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.64
Rank: 185
Thomas Bickel
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 186
Billy Gunn
WRESTLER
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 187

In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Horacio Elizondo ranks 260 out of 1,154. Before him are Juan Botasso (1908), Antonio Valentín Angelillo (1937), Gustavo Cerati (1959), Olga Orozco (1920), Rogelio Domínguez (1931), and Roberto M. Levingston (1920). After him are Juan Bautista Alberdi (1810), Hilda Bernard (1920), Victorino de la Plaza (1840), Juan Antonio Pizzi (1968), Esteban Echeverría (1805), and Luis Moreno Ocampo (1952).

Others born in Argentina

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Juan Botasso
SOCCER PLAYER
1908 - 1950
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 254
Antonio Valentín Angelillo
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2018
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 255
Gustavo Cerati
MUSICIAN
1959 - 2014
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 256
Olga Orozco
WRITER
1920 - 1999
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 257
Rogelio Domínguez
SOCCER PLAYER
1931 - 2004
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 258
Roberto M. Levingston
POLITICIAN
1920 - 2015
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 259
Horacio Elizondo
REFEREE
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 260
Juan Bautista Alberdi
POLITICIAN
1810 - 1884
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 261
Hilda Bernard
ACTOR
1920 - 2022
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 262
Victorino de la Plaza
POLITICIAN
1840 - 1919
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 263
Juan Antonio Pizzi
SOCCER PLAYER
1968 - Present
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 264
Esteban Echeverría
WRITER
1805 - 1851
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 265
Luis Moreno Ocampo
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 266