Antonio Sbardella
.jpg) Sbardella in 1969 | |||
| Born |
17 October 1925 Kingdom of Italy | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Died |
14 January 2002 (aged 76) Rome, Italy | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| –1971 | Serie A | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1964–1971 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Antonio Sbardella (17 October 1925 – 14 January 2002) was an Italian football player, referee and sports official. He is best known for refereeing at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[1]
Career
Born in
Lazio. However Sbardella never appeared in the Serie A as he failed to rise through the ranks at Lazio, and he eventually finished his playing career at Artiglio, a small Rome-based Serie C
club.
He then took up refereeing, and in his domestic career he officiated a total of 167 Serie A matches.[2] Along with Concetto Lo Bello he was considered one of the top two Italian referees of the 1960s and 1970s.[3]
The pinnacle of his career came at the
the final.[3]
In club football his highlights include officiating two
Dinamo Zagreb.[4]
After retiring from refereeing, Sbardella became a Sport Manager. He managed at
Lazio
, when together with Tommaso Maestrelli, he managed to build an unrepeatable superb team with many unruly talents, who kept at bay but gave to the club of president Lenzini the Italian championship of 1974.
References
- ^ "Antonio Sbardella". WorldReferee.com. Retrieved 11 March 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Petrucci, Stefano (15 January 2002). "Sbardella, l' arbitro che fece grande la Lazio". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ^ a b "E' morto Sbardella". RaiSport (in Italian). 14 January 2002. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
External links
- Antonio Sbardella at WorldReferee.com
- Antonio Sbardella referee profile at WorldFootball.net
- Antonio Sbardella referee profile at EU-Football.info
- Antonio Sbardella referee profile at Soccerway
