Daniele Orsato

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Daniele Orsato
Orsato in 2016
Born (1975-11-23) 23 November 1975 (age 48)
Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy
Domestic
Years League Role
Serie A Referee
International
Years League Role
2010– FIFA listed Referee

Daniele Orsato (born 23 November 1975)[1] is an Italian football referee. Over his career, which spans three decades, Orsato has refereed a UEFA Champions League final and has received accolades from the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.

Career

Orsato became a

Euro 2012.[4]

Orsato refereed group stage matches in the 2012–13, 2013–14, and 2014–15 UEFA Champions League competitions.[5]

In 2016, Orsato refereed the round of 16 match between PSV Eindhoven and Atlético Madrid in the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League.[5]

On 14 March 2017, Orsato refereed the round of 16 match between Leicester City and Sevilla in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League.[6]

On 28 April 2018, he refereed Serie A match between

Miralem Pjanic a second yellow card. Orsato himself acknowledged the mistake years later.[7]

On 1 July 2018, Orsato was appointed a VAR referee for the 2018 FIFA World Cup match between Croatia and Denmark.

On 12 February 2019, Orsato refereed the round of 16 first-leg matches between Manchester United and PSG in the UEFA Champions League. He gave out 10 yellow cards (6 for Manchester United and 4 for PSG) and sent off Paul Pogba in the 89th minute.

Orsato refereed the

2020 UEFA Champions League Final between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.[8]

He also refereed the second leg of the 2021 UEFA Champions League semi-final between

Real Madrid
.

In 2020, Orsato was awarded by IFFHS as the best referee of that calendar year.[9]

On 20 November 2022, Orsato was appointed as the referee for the opening match of the 2022 FIFA World Cup between hosts Qatar and Ecuador.[10]

On 13 December 2022, Orsato refereed the World Cup semi-final between

Croatia where he came under fire by Ballon d'Or winner and Croatia captain Luka Modrić as "one of the worst" referees, describing his performance in that game as "a disaster."[11]

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
  2. ^ FIFA. "Italy: Referees". Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
  3. ^ FIFA. "Match Report - Moldova - Montenegro 0:1 (0:0)". 22 March 2013. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
  4. ^ UEFA. "Georgia 1-2 Greece". 11 October 2011. Retrieved on 17 May 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Palmares for Daniele Orsato". WorldrReferee.com. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Orsato pitará en Leicester: con él, el Sevilla ganó en Villarreal". AS.com. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  7. ^ "L'arbitro Orsato ammette l'errore in Inter-Juve del 2018". La Repubblica. 28 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Referee team appointed for UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon". UEFA. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  9. ^ "IFFHS". www.iffhs.com. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  10. ^ "FIFA". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Luka Modric says referee was a 'disaster' in Croatia's World Cup loss to Argentina, wishes Lionel Messi luck". Eurosport. 14 December 2022.

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