Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina
Collina as head of referees for the Ukrainian Association of Football in 2010
Born (1960-02-13) 13 February 1960 (age 64)
Bologna, Italy
Other occupation Financial advisor, UEFA Head of Referees
Domestic
Years League Role
1988–1991 Serie C2 Referee
1988–1991 Serie C1 Referee
1991–2005 Serie B Referee
1991–2005 Serie A Referee
1992–2006 Coppa Italia[1] Referee
International
Years League Role
1995–2005 FIFA listed Referee

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.[2]

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,[3] a member of the UEFA Referees Committee, and Chairman of the FIFA referees committee.[4]

  1. ^ Lewis, Rhett (14 September 2021). "Pierluigi Collina: Voted Best Referee Of The Year Six Times". History Of Soccer. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ IFFHS: "All-Time World Referee Ranking" Archived 15 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Iffhs.de. Retrieved on 16 July 2015.
  3. ^ Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club Archived 8 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine, USA Today (19 June 2015)
  4. ^ "Referees' Committee". Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.