| Mario van der Ende | |
| Birth Date: | March 28, 1956 |
| Birth Place: | Den Haag, Netherlands |
| Otheroccupation: | Referee coordinator |
| Role1: | Referee |
| League1: | Dutch Eredivisie |
| Years1: | 1987–2002 |
| Internationalyears1: | 1990–2001 |
| Confederation1: | FIFA-listed |
| Internationalrole1: | Referee |
Mario van der Ende (born March 28, 1956, in The Hague, South Holland) is a retired football referee and coordinator from the Netherlands. He is mostly known for supervising five matches in the FIFA World Cup: three in 1994[1] and two in 1998.[2] Van der Ende also officiated one match in the 1996 European Championships,[3] two UEFA Super Cup matches and many in the Champions League.[4] In 1990, he got his FIFA badge as a referee. His hometown is Naarden.On 12 August 2008, Van der Ende was appointed as interim technical director for Australia to replace the outgoing Rob Baan.[5]
Van der Ende retired from FIFA in 2001, due to cancer. He also appointed to retire many times, but he cured so he made a comeback.He still is a referee observer for FIFA and presently works in Australia.