Marco Antonio Rodríguez

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (born November 10, 1973 in Mexico City) is a Mexican football referee. In his homeland, he is commonly nicknamed "Chiquidrácula" (and, more recently, "Chiquimarco") due to his resemblance to a Mexican TV character of child Count Dracula, portrayed by Carlos Espejel.^[1] A former sports professor, he now serves as a Protestant priest besides his activity as a referee.^[2]

In Mexico, Rodríguez is known for being a very strict referee who gives many yellow and red cards.^[3]

An international referee since 2000, Rodríguez has been selected for two FIFA World Cups. In the 2006 tournament in Germany, he refereed the England vs Paraguay match and the Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro match, where he sent off Cyril Domoraud and Albert Nađ. In the 2010 tournament in South Africa, Rodríguez was match referee for the first group match between Australia and Germany, where he contentiously gave a straight red card to Australian striker Tim Cahill. Bastian Schweinsteiger, whom Cahill attempted to tackle, consoled Cahill post-match, by saying he did not think it should have been a red.^[4][5]

World Cup matches officiated

Tournament	Date	Venue	Round	Team 1	Result	Team 2
2006	June 10	Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt	First Round	England	1 – 0	Paraguay
2006	June 21	Allianz Arena, Munich	First Round	Côte d'Ivoire	3 – 2	Serbia and Montenegro
2010	June 13	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban	First Round	Germany	4 – 0	Australia
2010	June 25	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	First Round	Spain	2 – 1	Chile

External links

• FIFA profile
• Reuters profile

References

1. ^ http://www.aldia.cr/ad_ee/2008/julio/17/ovacion1623436.html
2. ^ http://www.conpoder.net/2010/01/06/marco-antonio-rodriguez-famoso-%C2%ABarbitro-predicador%C2%BB-internacional-mexicano/
3. ^ http://www.palcodeportivo.mx/futbol/marco-antonio-rodriguez-vuelve-a-pitar-un-mundial.html/
4. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/world-cup-2010/world-cup-news/tim-cahill-in-tears-after-world-cup-red-20100614-y6rt.html
5. ^ http://newsticker.sueddeutsche.de/list/id/1001426

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Name	Rodriguez, Marco
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Date of birth	November 10, 1973
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