Néstor Pitana
 Pitana at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||
| Full name | Néstor Fabián Pitana | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
17 June 1975 Corpus, Argentina | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| Argentine Primera División | Referee | ||
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2010–2022 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Néstor Fabián Pitana (Spanish pronunciation: 2006).[3]
FIFA World Cup
2018 World Cup final
Pitana's performance in the
2018 FIFA World Cup Final has seen some controversy, mostly related to the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology.[4][5] France's first goal was scored from a free kick that was seen by many as a dive from Antoine Griezmann (the rules at the time related to VAR forbade intervention in the case, however).[4][6] France's second goal was scored from a penalty given after Pitana was informed by VAR that he may wish to review the recording of Ivan Perišić's handball.[7][8] After a lengthy deliberation, Pitana awarded the penalty to France, which many pundits called an incorrect interpretation of the rules.[9][10][11][12]
Record
| 2014 FIFA World Cup – Brazil | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Match | Venue | Round |
| 17 June 2014 |  Russia –  South Korea |
Cuiabá | Group stage |
| 22 June 2014 |  United States –  Portugal |
Manaus | Group stage |
| 25 June 2014 |  Honduras –  Switzerland |
Manaus | Group stage |
| 4 July 2014 |  France –  Germany |
Rio de Janeiro | Quarter-final |
| 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia | |||
| Date | Match | Venue | Round |
| 14 June 2018 | Russia –  Saudi Arabia |
Moscow | Group stage |
| 27 June 2018 |  Mexico –  Sweden |
Ekaterinburg | Group stage |
| 1 July 2018 |  Croatia –  Denmark |
Nizhny Novgorod | Round of 16 |
| 6 July 2018 |  Uruguay – France |
Nizhny Novgorod | Quarter-final |
| 15 July 2018 | France – Croatia |
Moscow | Final |
Statistics
| Tournaments | Constester | Years | Matches | 
|
Average
|
|
Average
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primera División de Argentina
|
AFA –SAF
|
2007– | 269 | 1275 | 4.74 | 89 | 0.33 |
Primera B Nacional
|
AFA
|
2006–2017 | 61 | 278 | 4.55 | 14 | 0.23 |
 Copa Argentina
|
AFA
|
2011– | 4 | 19 | 4.75 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Supercopa Argentina
|
AFA
|
2014 | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Relegation
|
AFA
|
2009–2012 | 4 | 27 | 6.75 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Copa América
|
Conmebol
|
2015 | 2 | 8 | 4.00 | 1 | 0.50 |
 Copa Conmebol Libertadores
|
Conmebol
|
2010– | 34 | 158 | 4.64 | 7 | 0.21 |
| Copa Conmebol Sudamericana
|
Conmebol
|
2010– | 16 | 79 | 4.94 | 7 | 0.44 |
| Recopa Conmebol Sudamericana
|
Conmebol
|
2012; 2015 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 2 | 1.00 |
South American Under-17 Football Championship
|
Conmebol
|
2011 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 0 | 0.00 |
| FIFA World Cup | FIFA | 2014; 2018 | 9 | 23 | 2.56 | 0 | 0.00 |
| FIFA Confederations Cup | FIFA | 2017 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
| FIFA World Cup qualification CONMEBOL | FIFA | 2011– | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 3 | 0.33 |
| FIFA World Cup Intercontinental play-offs | FIFA | 2017 | 1 | 7 | 7.00 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Friendlies | FIFA | 2011–2012 | 2 | 11 | 5.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2016 Río de Janeiro | IOC–FIFA | 2016 | 2 | 5 | 2.50 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 2006– | 422 | 1973 | 4.67 | 124 | 0.29 | |
| Matches as referee are correct as of 13 August 2018 | |||||||
Source: worldfootball.net[13]
References
- ^ Profile on worldreferee.com.
- ^ "Nestor Pitana to referee the Opening Match of 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia". FIFA.com. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- ^ "Nestor Pitana to referee World Cup Final". FIFA.com. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ a b Menzas, Jack (15 July 2018). "World Cup final referee in VAR penalty controversy". The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Homewood, Brian (15 July 2018). "Pitana's path from film extra to World Cup final referee". Reuters. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "FIFA must rethink the handball rule: Osvaldo Ardiles - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Soidri, Abdallah (15 July 2018). "L'arbitre de la finale de la Coupe du Monde raconte sa décision de siffler pénalty pour les Bleus". Football Stories (in French). Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "World Cup 2018: Nestor Pitana's worst day... which saw him suspended". MARCA in English. 15 July 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ Wahl, Grant (15 July 2018). "France wins World Cup–with an assist from VAR". SI.com. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Former refs disagree on France penalty". The New Paper. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
- ^ "Néstor Pitana: matches as referee". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
External links
Media related to Néstor Pitana at Wikimedia Commons
