- Pierluigi Pairetto
Pierluigi Pairetto (born
July 15 ,1952 ) is an Italian former football referee. Among the many prestigious games he officiated were the Euro 96 final between Germany and the Czech Republic at Wembley, and the classic USA 94 second-round clash between Romania and Argentina in Pasadena. [ [http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=14279 Profile] de icon: "Weltfussbal.de" website.]He held the position of Italian
vice chairman of theUEFA Referees Committee until the summer of 2006, when it was discovered that he had been in regular telephone contact withJuventus FC chief executiveLuciano Moggi regarding which referees would be selected for Juventus'UEFA Champions League fixtures. As a result of his involvement in this scandal, he initially received a ban of two years and six months from football, although this was later increased to three and a half years. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/07/26/sports/soccer.php Increased ban] :International Herald Tribune website.]References
External links
* Jonathan O'Brien, "
The Sunday Business Post ",16 July 2006, [http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/07/16/story15710.asp "The Italian Job"]
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