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Jorge Larrionda
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Uruguayan football referee
Key facts
- Full name
- Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa
- Born
- ( 1968-03-09 ) 9 March 1968 (age 58) , Montevideo , Uruguay
- Years
- League
- 1998 2010
- FIFA listed
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Uruguay
- Place of birth
- Montevideo
- Occupation
- association football referee
- Position held
- FIFA referee
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2010 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
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- date of birth
- 1968-03-09
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa (born 9 March 1968) is a retired FIFA football referee from Uruguay who officiated at international matches from 1998 to 2010. He officiated at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he took charge of four matches, including a semifinal between Portugal and France. He then officiated at the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where he officiated two matches, including a round of 16 tie between England and Germany. During this game he failed to award a goal to England and was not selected for any further matches.
Larrionda is also well known in South America, having participated in countless matches of continental competitions such as the Copa Libertadores and the Campeonato Uruguayo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jorge Larrionda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.