
Matteo Trefoloni reached the Serie A in 2001 and became a FIFA referee in 2004. He was an Elite Category ref, but was demoted to UEFA Premier Category referee, when he heard he would be put back into the Serie B starting season 2010 - 2011, he quit.
better
UEFA (and FIFA) must have considered him one of the better refs at first , because he almost immediately took charge of qualifiers for Euro 2008 and the 2006 World Cup and matches in the UEFA Cup and Champions League.