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A true legend of the game, Pierluigi Collina

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June 6, 2024

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Former referee Pierluigi Collina

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Pierluigi Collina, 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.

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, a member of the UEFA Referees Committee, and Chairman of the FIFA referees committee.

Did you know that the legendary referee Pierluigi Collina:

◾️ The only referee who had “VAR in his eyes”.

◾️ This referee could communicate in 4 languages on the field (French, Spanish, Italian and English).

◾️ Before each game, he studied the game and the players of the teams he would lead and learned the names of the players.

◾️ During the 2002 World Cup final in Japan, Ronaldo gave him his shirt and the ball. The players from Brazil and Germany had congratulated him on his performance.

◾️ Footballers had huge respect for him and even fear, just by his presence.

◾️ He is also the only referee who has been on a video game front cover.

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The King’s Project

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