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Nicola Rizzoli

1971 - Today

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Nicola Rizzoli (Italian pronunciation: [niˈkɔːla ritˈtsɔːli]; born 5 October 1971) is an Italian former football referee who refereed in the Italian Serie A from 2002 to 2017 and was a FIFA-listed referee from 2007 to 2017. He refereed the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final between Germany and Argentina on 13 July at the Estádio do Maracanã and the 2013 Champions League Final between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium. Rizzoli won seven consecutive AIC Serie A Referee of the Year Awards from 2011 to 2017. On 18 February 2017, Soccer 360 included Rizzoli on its list of the top 5 referees in the 21st century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicola Rizzoli is the 8th most popular referee (up from 15th in 2019), the 2,990th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,213th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 8 out of 147. Before him are Szymon Marciniak, Sándor Puhl, Ivan Eklind, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Markus Merk, and Michel Vautrot. After him are Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, Horacio Elizondo, Rudi Glöckner, and Jack Taylor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 102. Before him are Zlatko Zahovič, Sean Astin, Edmundo, Mike Lee, Faryd Mondragón, and Ajith Kumar. After him are Diana Damrau, Theodoros Zagorakis, Aphex Twin, Bobby Jindal, Tiffany Darwish, and Patricia Velásquez.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 2,990 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuseppe Volpi (1877), Filippo Turati (1857), Aristotele Fioravanti (1415), Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743), Plato Tiburtinus (1110), and Angelo Moriondo (1851). After him are Franca Raimondi (1932), Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Alessandro Pirzio Biroli (1877), Pietro Grasso (1945), Massimo Oddo (1976), and Edoardo Reja (1945).

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Among REFEREES In Italy

Among referees born in Italy, Nicola Rizzoli ranks 2. Before him are Pierluigi Collina (1960). After him are Sergio Gonella (1933), Roberto Rosetti (1967), Daniele Orsato (1975), Pierluigi Pairetto (1952), Gianluca Rocchi (1973), Stefano Farina (1962), and Paolo Tagliavento (1972).

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