Nicola Rizzoli
Nicola Rizzoli (born 5 October 1971 in Mirandola, Modena, Italy) is an Italian football referee who has refereed in the Italian Serie A since 2002 and has been a FIFA-listed referee since 2007.[1] He refereed his first UEFA Champions League qualifying match in August 2007, and took charge of his first Champions League group stage match, a 2–0 Sporting CP victory over Basel, on 1 October 2008. When not refereeing, Rizzoli works as an architect.
On 7 April 2010, Rizzoli took charge of the Champions League quarter-final second leg between Manchester United and Bayern Munich. With the score at 3–1 to Manchester United (4–3 on aggregate), Rizzoli sent off their right-back, Rafael, for a second bookable offence. Bayern then scored again and won the tie on away goals.[2]
At international level, Rizzoli served as a referee at UEFA Euro 2012[3] and has officiated in qualifiers for the 2010[4] and 2014[5] World Cups.
In March 2013, FIFA named Rizzoli to its list of 52 candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.[6]
In May 2013, Rizzoli was selected by UEFA to referee the 2013 Champions League Final at Wembley.[7]
References [edit]
- ^ FIFA. "Italy: Referees". Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
- ^ McNulty, Phil (7 April 2010). "Man Utd 3–2 Bayern Munich (agg 4–4)". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ UEFA. "France 1-1 England". 11 June 2012. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Hungary - Sweden 1:2 (0:1)". 5 September 2009. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Republic of Ireland - Germany 1:6 (0:2)". 12 October 2012. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
- ^ FIFA. "Open list of prospective referees & assistant referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup". 7 March 2013. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
- ^ UEFA."Rizzoli to referee UEFA Champions League Final". 20 May 2013. Retrieved on 20 May 2013.
External links [edit]
- Profile at WorldReferee.com
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| Preceded by 2012 UEFA Champions League Final  Pedro Proença |
UEFA Champions League 2013 UEFA Champions League Final  Nicola Rizzoli |
Succeeded by 2014 UEFA Champions League Final TBA |
| Preceded by 2009  Luis Medina Cantalejo |
UEFA Europa League Final referee 2010 Nicola Rizzoli |
Succeeded by 2011 Carlos Velasco Carballo |
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