 Collina as head of referees for the Ukrainian Association of Football in 2010 | |||
| Born |
13 February 1960 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ IFFHS: "All-Time World Referee Ranking" Archived 15 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Iffhs.de. Retrieved on 16 July 2015.
- ^ Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club Archived 8 November 2023 at the Wayback Machine, USA Today (19 June 2015)
- ^ "Referees' Committee". Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.