Best refereed match all time
| Jorge Larrionda | (URU) | 9.8 |
| Olegario Benquerenca | (POR) | 9.8 |
| Hector Baldassi | (ARG) | 9.6 |
| Carlos Amarilla | (PAR) | 9.5 |
| Serge Gumienny | (BEL) | 9.5 |
| Kristinn Jakobsson | (ISL) | 9.5 |
| Imer Machado | (COL) | 9.5 |
| Jorge Larrionda | (URU) | 9.3 |
| Pedro Proença | (POR) | 9.3 |
| Carlos Torres Núñez | (PAR) | 9.3 |
| Jorge Larrionda | (URU) | 9.3 |
| Kristinn Jakobsson | (ISL) | 9.3 |
| Jorge Larrionda | (URU) | 9.3 |
| Sergio Pezzotta | (ARG) | 9.2 |
| Kristinn Jakobsson | (ISL) | 9.2 |
| Jorge Larrionda | (URU) | 9.1 |
| Martin Hansson | (SWE) | 9.0 |
| Lubos Michel' | (SVK) | 9.0 |
| Felix Brych | (GER) | 9.0 |
| Olegario Benquerenca | (POR) | 9.0 |
| Claus Bo Larsen | (DEN) | 9.0 |
| Claus Bo Larsen | (DEN) | 9.0 |
| Frank de Bleeckere | (BEL) | 9.0 |
| Claus Bo Larsen | (DEN) | 9.0 |
| Peter Fröjdfeldt | (SWE) | 9.0 |
Worst refereed match all time
| Samwel Langat Kipngetich | (KEN) | 2.3 |
| René Ortubé | (BOL) | 2.5 |
| Joaquin Antequera | (BOL) | 2.5 |
| Gianluca Rocchi | (ITA) | 2.5 |
| Michael Hester | (NZL) | 2.8 |
| Wolfgang Stark | (GER) | 2.9 |
| Carlos Torres Núñez | (PAR) | 3.0 |
| Ivan Bebek | (CRO) | 3.0 |
| Víctor Carrillo | (PER) | 3.0 |
| Víctor Carrillo | (PER) | 3.3 |
| Olegario Benquerenca | (POR) | 3.5 |
| Tom Henning Ovrebo | (NOR) | 3.5 |
| Howard Webb | (ENG) | 3.8 |
| Nicola Rizzoli | (ITA) | 3.8 |
| Carlos Torres Núñez | (PAR) | 3.8 |
| Florian Meyer | (GER) | 4.0 |
| Pieter Vink | (NED) | 4.0 |
| Pablo Pozo | (CHI) | 4.0 |
| René Ortubé | (BOL) | 4.0 |
| Stephane Lannoy | (FRA) | 4.0 |
| Tom Henning Ovrebo | (NOR) | 4.3 |
| Carlos Vera | (ECU) | 4.3 |
| Eric Braamhaar | (NED) | 4.3 |
| Romans Lajuks | (LAT) | 4.3 |
| Diego Abal | (ARG) | 4.3 |
This top 10 is dynamically generated. All measures are taken to make this a fair list, but it remains the result of a script. It is based on the average of all marks ever given.
An extra percentage is awarded for the number of matches that were reported on. (We don't want a referee who officiated 10 very good matches to be surpassed by a ref who delivered just 1 - albeit excellent - performance).
Marks that are either too high or too low are discarded.
If you were wondering why big names like Collina are not featured in these lists, well, we only started this site in 2005 so there just aren't any reports to do magic with.
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If you were wondering why big names like Collina are not featured in these lists, well, we only started this site in 2005 so there just aren't any reports to do magic with.
Number 1: Frank de Bleeckere
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A third generation referee, Belgian Frank de Bleeckere started his sports career as a football player, but got badly injured when he was 18. He was chosen Best Belgian Referee from 1999 to 2003. In 2006, the year he went to the World Cup as the single Belgian referee, he only came up third. A tip for the players, Frank doesn't mind you cursing at him, as long as the crowd doesn't notice it: so no body language.
De Bleeckere is an Elite Category referee.
Number 2: Jorge Larrionda
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This referee, full name Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafiesa, was born 9 March 1968. Jorge was a football player himself, as striker he made it into the sixth division. As referee he made his debut in the first division in 1993 and is an international referee since 1998. Nowadays, he´s seen by many as the very best referee in South America.
Number 3: Massimo Busacca
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Born in the town of Belinzona in 1969 Massimo Busacca, who used to play football in a lower division in Ticino, started his career as a referee in 1990 and made it to the first division in 1996 . He got his FIFA badge in 1999 and has been busy on the international stage ever since. He is an Elite Category referee.
Number 4: Claus Bo Larsen
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It came as a bit of a shock for everybody in Denmark (and himself), when it turned out Claus Bo Larsen, who did pass the fitness test and was on the long list of 44, was not selected to officiate at the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany. The same happened for Euro 2008, and again for WC 2010. The Danes must be very bad lobbyists. Larsen is an UEFA Elite Category referee. Number 5: Roberto Rosetti
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Roberto Rosetti was widely believed to be one of the world's best referees of his time. He was known as a strict man - the regulations were his bible - but also as a good communicator. He talked a lot to the players and had no problem getting his points across.
Number 6: Sergio Pezzotta
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Sergio Fabián Pezzotta is an Argentinian international top referee, born in Rosario, Santa Fe. He is one of the most severe referees in the AFA League, and tends to feel free in showing red cards when rules allow him to. He started refereeing in Argentina´s 1st division in 1999. Number 7: Olegario Benquerenca
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When he was younger this partner in an insurance company, was not only a player in the Leiria division but also active within the Youth organisation of the Socialist Party.
Number 8: Hector Baldassi
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Héctor Walter Baldassi was born in Córdoba, Argentina. He started refereeing when he was 25, and was promoted to the Argentinian football league's 1st division in 1998.
Number 9: Howard Webb
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The career of UEFA Elite Category referee Howard Webb hasn't gone that smoothly, still it didn't take him long to reach the top.
Number 10: Wolfgang Stark
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Bank employee Wolgang Stark from Bavaria already knew he wanted to become a referee when he was 14. In 1994 he reached the highest level in Germany, and in 1999 he got his FIFA license, at not yet 30.
He is a UEFA Elite Category referee.
Bummer! Just outside our top 10: Óscar Ruiz
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Born in 1969 in the Colombian town of Villaviciencio (Meta province), Óscar Julian Ruiz Acosta grew up a son of a referee.
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