Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina , born the February 13rd 1960 with Bologna in Italy, is a financial adviser, much more known to have been one of best the referees of football of the world, or at least more mediatized, before taking its retirement in August 2005.

It made its studies with the university of Bologna, obtaining a diploma of economy in 1984. During its adolescence, he played Football like defender in a local team, but was thorough in 1977 to follow a formation to the arbitration, during which its aptitudes for this exercise were discovered. In three years, he managed to arbitrate with the more regional high level, passing at the same time his Military service. In 1988, it is promoted with the third division ( Serie C1 and Serie C2 ) after a relatively short time, and at the end of three springtides, it is authorized with officer at the time of the matches of Serie B and of Serie has .

It is at that time that it contracted a severe form of Alopécie, definitively making him lose all the hairs of its face, and being worth to him the nickname of Kojak . In 1995, after having arbitrated 43 matches of Serie has , it is placed on the list of the referees of FIFA. It referee then four matches of the Olympic Games of 1996, of which the finale between the Argentinian and the Nigeria, then the final of the League of the Champions 1999 which ends in the victory over the wire of Manchester United on the Bayern Munich. In 2002, it reaches the apogee of its career by arbitrating the final of the world cup between the Brésil and the Germany. He was also the referee of the finale of the UEFA Cup 2004 between Valence and Marseilles, during which he expelled Fabien Barthez, decision which makes always polemical to date.

The Euro 2004 was its last major tournament as a referee, since it reached beginning 2005 the obligatory age of the retirement fixed at 45 years for the international referees. The Italian federation of football made pass this obligatory age to 46 years to allow Collina of officer one season more. But it was scrambled with its federation following its decision to sign a contract of juicy sponsoring with Opel at the beginning of the season. Opel being also the sponsor of the Milan AC, this agreement was perceived like a conflict of main interest and Collina was prevented from arbitrating the matches prestige in Italy. Like answer, it presented its resignation, thus putting a term at its career of referee.

Although Collina is a figure of football, he prefers the Basket-ball, being unconditional Fortitudo Bologna, one of the best European clubs of basketball.

He accepted the December 28th 2006 a post of consultant for the association of the Italian referees. He gained 6 times the title of better referee of the year (a record) by IF.

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