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Pierluigi Collina

1960 - Today

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Pierluigi Collina (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrluˈiːdʒi kolˈliːna]; born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee. He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics six consecutive times from 1998 to 2003. Collina is still involved in football as an unpaid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association (AIA), the Head of Referees for the Football Federation of Ukraine since 2010, a member of the UEFA Referees Committee, and Chairman of the FIFA referees committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierluigi Collina is the most popular referee, the 670th most popular biography from Italy (down from 578th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Referee.

Pierluigi Collina is most famous for being a professional referee in the sport of soccer.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Pierluigi Collina ranks 1 out of 147. After him are Szymon Marciniak, Sándor Puhl, Ivan Eklind, Romualdo Arppi Filho, Markus Merk, Michel Vautrot, Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, Said Belqola, Nicolae Rainea, and Horacio Elizondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Pierluigi Collina ranks 18. Before him are Jeffrey Dahmer, Hassan Nasrallah, Antonio Banderas, Sean Penn, Jo Nesbø, and Julianne Moore. After him are Joachim Löw, Hugh Grant, Tilda Swinton, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Samia Suluhu Hassan, and Colin Firth.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pierluigi Collina ranks 670 out of 5,161. Before him are Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Giulio Romano (1499), Pope Severinus (600), Ettore Bugatti (1881), and Pope Stephen V (850). After him are Giorgio Moroder (1940), Umberto Nobile (1885), Frank Capra (1897), Paul the Deacon (720), Aldus Manutius (1449), and Arrigo Sacchi (1946).

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Among REFEREES In Italy

Among referees born in Italy, Pierluigi Collina ranks 1. After him are Nicola Rizzoli (1971), 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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