Jorge Larrionda

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jorge Larrionda
Occupation	Association Football Referee
Date Of Birth	Mar 9, 1968(1968-03-09)
Age	56
Birthplace	Montevideo
Country	Uruguay
Birth City	Montevideo Department
Horoscope	Pisces

Jorge Larrionda Biography

Jorge Larrionda is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on March 9, 1968 in Montevideo, Montevideo Department, Uruguay. Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa (born 9 March 1968) is a retired FIFA referee for football of Uruguay and has served as a referee international tournaments since 1998. His most memorable career was 2006’s FIFA World Cup, in which he officiated in four games which included a semifinal match of Portugal as well as France. The lowest point of the career of Frank Lampard was his goal which was disallowed during the Germany against England World Cup match of 2010. A strict official who has a large number of cards.

Larrionda was again selected to serve as a referee in 2006’s World Cup. He was the referee for the Angola match between Angola and Portugal match on June 11th. His second job in this year’s World Cup was the 17 June game Italy and the United States. He became the fourth official to dismiss three players in one World Cup finals match, after he sent off the Italian Daniele De Rossi for a elbow on his cheek by Brian McBride, United States’ Pablo Mastroeni for a two-footed tackle, as well as Eddie Pope for a late attack that resulted in Pope get another yellow card. For the whole match, Larrionda was issued three red and four yellow cards. All except for one were handed out during the initial 45 minutes during the game. Larrionda was picked to referee a second group stage match which was that of France as well as Togo.

Larrionda was selected as a referee for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. He took charge of the 2009 Confederations Cup semifinal, in which the United States upset Spain 2-0. He issued four yellow cards in the match, two to each side, as well as a straight red to the USA’s Michael Bradley late in the game.

Larrionda was selected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was the referee at the Australia-Serbia group stage match, which Australia won 2-1. He refereed the match between England and Germany, that Germany went on to win 4-1. Larrionda failed to award a goal when a shot from Frank Lampard came off of the crossbar and crossed the goal line. It would have made the score 2–2 at the time. This incident renewed calls for the introduction of goal-line technology. Due to this mistake, Larrionda along with his two assistants were not chosen by FIFA for the final stages.

On the 28th of June FIFA confirmed that Larrionda was one of the group of 12 referees to be retained throughout the tournament. He was appointed on 2 July, he was commissioned to officiate the semi-final in the semifinal between Portugal with France (5 July). Larrionda was the official in charge of Portugal-France semifinal on the 5th of July in 2006. At the end of the 33rd minute Larrionda gave an extra-time penalty to France due to a foul committed of Ricardo Carvalho on Thierry Henry. The goal was successfully scored from Zinedine Zidane. This penalty proved to be the sole goal in the game and France defeated the hosts by 1-0. Larrionda did not issue more than two yellow cards during the game. He was booked Ricardo Carvalho of Portugal in the 83rd minute, and Louis Saha of France in the 87th minute. Both players had yellowsand were therefore unable to play the third place match as well as the final because of the accumulation of cards.

Jorge Larrionda Net Worth

Jorge Larrionda is one of the richest Association Football Referee from Uruguay. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jorge Larrionda 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Larrionda was appointed as a referee in during the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but was suspended for six months by the Uruguayan Football Association two days after his selection. He was removed off the official list. The club stated that he was suspended for “irregularities” which were not specifically stated. Larrionda was among five referees who were suspended due to reasons that the head of the Uruguayan board called “irregularities that were denounced by other referees.” The suspensions were reportedly the result of allegations of corruption between players of opposing Uruguayan soccer officials’ unions.

Larrionda officiated at the Larrionda officiated over a FIFA World Cup qualifier held 13 October 2004 between Brazil and Colombia at Maceio, Brazil. The game ended with an unfinished draw.

Prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Larrionda officiated 34 games internationally in matches in the 2001 Copa America, 2002 World Cup qualifying matches for CONMEBOL and CONCACAF, the 2003 Confederations Cup, the 2004 Olympics, the 2004 Libertadores Cup, the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship and Under-17 World Championship, and 2006 World Cup CONMEBOL qualifying matches.

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Jorge Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Uruguay. Jorge Larrionda celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.