Luigi Agnolin | |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1943 |
Birth Place: | Bassano del Grappa, Italy |
Death Place: | Rome |
Otheroccupation: | Physical education teacher |
Role1: | Referee |
Years1: | 1973–1992 |
League1: | Serie A |
Internationalyears1: | 1978–1991 |
Confederation1: | FIFA-listed |
Internationalrole1: | Referee |
Luigi Agnolin (21 March 1943 – 29 September 2018) was an Italian football referee. He was mostly known for supervising four matches in the FIFA World Cup, three in 1986[1] and one in 1990.[2] He also refereed the 1988 European Cup Final between PSV Eindhoven and S.L. Benfica.[3]
In addition to his two World Cup tournaments, Agnolin also served as a referee in qualifiers for the World Cups of 1982,[4] 1986,[5] and 1990.[6] He officiated in qualifying for Euro 1984.[7] Agnolin is known to have worked as a FIFA referee during the period from 1980[8] to 1990.
Agnolin was also a futsal referee, officiating at the 1989 FIFA Futsal World Championship in the Netherlands.[9]
In 2012, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.[10]