Pierluigi Pairetto

Pierluigi Pairetto
Born	15 July 1952 (age 72); Turin, Italy
Other occupation	Veterinarian
Domestic
Years	League
1981–1998	Serie A
International
Years	League
1989–1997	FIFA-listed

Pierluigi Pairetto (born 15 July 1952 in Turin) is an Italian former football referee. Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena.^[1]

He held the position of Italian vice chairman of the UEFA Referees Committee until the summer of 2006, when it was discovered that he had been in regular telephone contact with Juventus F.C. chief executive Luciano Moggi regarding which referees would be selected for Juventus' UEFA Champions League fixtures. As a result of his involvement in this scandal, he initially received a ban of two years and six months from football, although this was later increased to three and a half years.^[2]

References

^ Profile Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in German): Weltfussbal.de website.
^ Increased ban: International Herald Tribune website.

External links

Jonathan O'Brien, The Sunday Business Post, 16 July 2006, "The Italian Job"

Preceded by 1992 Bruno Galler	UEFA European Football Championship final referee 1996	Succeeded by 2000 Anders Frisk
Preceded by 1995 Piero Ceccarini	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final referee 1996	Succeeded by 1997 Markus Merk

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[1] Profile Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine (in German): Weltfussbal.de website.

[2] Increased ban: International Herald Tribune website.

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