Fernando Rapallini Explained

Fernando Rapallini
Full Name:Fernando Andrés Rapallini
Birth Date:28 April 1978
Birth Place:La Plata, Argentina
Years1:2006–
League1:Primera B Nacional
Role1:Referee
Years2:2011–
League2:Primera División
Role2:Referee
Internationalyears1:2014–2023
Confederation1:FIFA listed
Internationalrole1:Referee

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]

Refereeing career

In 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2021 Refereeing International Lists . https://web.archive.org/web/20210108124231/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/2021-fifa-list-of-international-match-officials.pdf?cloudid=qy9ohgx0ugqacius6mc1 . dead . 8 January 2021 . FIFA.com . . 22 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Argentina » Primera División 2010/2011 Clausura » 19. Round » Godoy Cruz – All Boys 1:0 . WorldFootball.net . 22 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Friendlies 2015 » June » Chile – El Salvador 1:0 . WorldFootball.net . 5 June 2015 . 22 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Argentina » Supercopa Argentina 2013 » Final » Arsenal de Sarandí – Vélez Sarsfield 0:1 . WorldFootball.net . 1 February 2014 . 22 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Argentina » Copa Argentina 2017 » Final » River Plate – Atlético Tucumán 2:1 . WorldFootball.net . 9 December 2017 . 22 April 2021.
  6. Web site: Supercopa Argentina: Rapallini, el árbitro de Boca-Central . TyC Sports . 25 April 2019 . Spanish.
  7. Web site: Fernando Rapallini, el árbitro para Racing-Tigre . TyC Sports . 3 December 2019 . Spanish.
  8. Web site: Repaso: Fueron designados los árbitros para la Recopa. es. CONMEBOL.com. 6 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004020153/https://www.conmebol.com/es/16092015-1925/repaso-fueron-designados-los-arbitros-para-la-recopa. 4 October 2015.
  9. Web site: Árbitros para el partido de Vuelta. CONMEBOL.com. 5 February 2020.
  10. News: Patricio Loustau dirigirá la Final Única de la CONMEBOL Libertadores. CONMEBOL. 17 January 2021. es.
  11. Web site: Árbitros convocados para el Sudamericano Sub-17 - Paraguay 2015. CONMEBOL.com. 10 February 2015. es.
  12. Web site: Convocados los árbitros para el Sudamericano Sub-17, Chile 2017. CONMEBOL. 17 January 2017.
  13. Web site: Fernando Rapallini » Campeonato Sudamericano 2019 Chile . WorldFootball.net . 22 April 2021.
  14. Web site: Match officials for the FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 appointed. https://web.archive.org/web/20190326191742/https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/news/match-officials-for-the-fifa-u-20-world-cup-poland-2019-appointed. dead. 26 March 2019. FIFA.com. 26 March 2017.
  15. Web site: List of Appointed Match Officials FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019. FIFA.com.
  16. Web site: Árbitros convocados para la CONMEBOL Copa América - Brasil 2019. CONMEBOL.com. 21 March 2019.
  17. Web site: Referees and assistant referees . . 21 April 2021 . 21 April 2021.
  18. News: Referee teams for UEFA EURO 2020 appointed . . 21 April 2021 . 21 April 2021.

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