Fernando Andrés Rapallini (born 28 April 1978) is an Argentine football referee who officiates in the Argentine Primera División. He has been a FIFA referee since 2014.[1]
| Full name | Fernando Andrés Rapallini | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
28 April 1978 La Plata, Argentina | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2006– | Primera B Nacional | Referee | |
| 2011– | Primera División | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2014–2023 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Refereeing career
editIn 2011, Rapallini began officiating in the Argentine Primera División. His first match as referee was on 19 June 2011 between Godoy Cruz and All Boys.[2] In 2014, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first senior international match on 5 June 2015 between Chile and El Salvador.[3]
Rapallini has officiated numerous finals in Argentina, including the 2013 Supercopa Argentina,[4] 2017 Copa Argentina Final,[5] 2018 Supercopa Argentina and 2019 Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina.[6][7] He was selected by CONMEBOL as the fourth official for the second leg of the 2015 Recopa Sudamericana between Argentine clubs San Lorenzo and River Plate,[8] and officiated the second leg of the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana between Brazilian club Flamengo and Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle.[9] He also worked as one of the assistant video assistant referees for the 2020 Copa Libertadores Final between Brazilian clubs Palmeiras and Santos.[10]
Rapallini was selected as a match official for the 2015 South American U-17 Championship in Paraguay,[11] as well as the 2017 South American U-17 Championship and 2019 South American U-20 Championship, both in Chile.[12][13] In March 2019, he was selected a referee for both the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland and the 2019 Copa América in Brazil.[14][15][16]
As part of a referee exchange programme between CONMEBOL and UEFA, Rapallini was selected on 21 April 2021 as a referee for UEFA Euro 2020, to be held across Europe in June and July 2021.[17] This marked the first time a South American referee had been selected to officiate at the UEFA European Championship.[18] At the group stage he was the referee of the Ukraine-North Macedonia game (17 June 2021) at the National Arena in Bucharest, and of the Croatia-Scotland clash (22 June 2021) at Glasgow's Hampden Park, as well as the 1/16 game France-Switzerland (28 June 2021) at the National Arena in Bucharest.
Rapallini was selected to be a referee at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where he officiated three matches.
References
edit- ^ "2021 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Argentina » Primera División 2010/2011 Clausura » 19. Round » Godoy Cruz – All Boys 1:0". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Friendlies 2015 » June » Chile – El Salvador 1:0". WorldFootball.net. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Argentina » Supercopa Argentina 2013 » Final » Arsenal de Sarandí – Vélez Sarsfield 0:1". WorldFootball.net. 1 February 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Argentina » Copa Argentina 2017 » Final » River Plate – Atlético Tucumán 2:1". WorldFootball.net. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Supercopa Argentina: Rapallini, el árbitro de Boca-Central" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Fernando Rapallini, el árbitro para Racing-Tigre" (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Repaso: Fueron designados los árbitros para la Recopa" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 6 February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Árbitros para el partido de Vuelta". CONMEBOL.com. 5 February 2020.
- ^ "Patricio Loustau dirigirá la Final Única de la CONMEBOL Libertadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 17 January 2021.
- ^ "Árbitros convocados para el Sudamericano Sub-17 - Paraguay 2015" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 10 February 2015.
- ^ "Convocados los árbitros para el Sudamericano Sub-17, Chile 2017". CONMEBOL. 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Fernando Rapallini » Campeonato Sudamericano 2019 Chile". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Match officials for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 appointed". FIFA.com. 26 March 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019.
- ^ "List of Appointed Match Officials FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- ^ "Árbitros convocados para la CONMEBOL Copa América - Brasil 2019". CONMEBOL.com. 21 March 2019.
- ^ "Referees and assistant referees" (PDF). UEFA. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Referee teams for UEFA EURO 2020 appointed". UEFA. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
External links
edit- Fernando Rapallini referee profile at WorldFootball.net
- Fernando Rapallini referee profile at EU-Football.info
- Fernando Rapallini at WorldReferee.com
