Luis Medina Cantalejo
- January 6, 2024
- Association Football Referee
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Luis Medina Cantalejo |
| Occupation | Association Football Referee |
| Date Of Birth | Mar 1, 1964(1964-03-01) |
| Age | 60 |
| Birthplace | Seville |
| Country | Spain |
| Birth City | Andalusia |
| Horoscope | Pisces |
Luis Medina Cantalejo Biography
| Name | Luis Medina Cantalejo |
| Birthday | Mar 1 |
| Birth Year | 1964 |
| Place Of Birth | Seville |
| Home Town | Andalusia |
| Birth Country | Spain |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
Luis Medina Cantalejo is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Referee who was born on March 1, 1964 in Seville, Andalusia, Spain. Luis Medina Cantalejo, a former referee for Spanish football, was born 1 March 1964.
After two assistant referees failed FIFA standards, he was promoted to officiate the matches at the FIFA World Cup finals 2006. After being promoted to officiate matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, he was assigned to three matches: Germany v. Poland and Argentina v. Argentina. He made controversial decisions in the round 16 match between Australia and Italy. He gave Marco Materazzi a straight yellow card for a challenge against Mark Bresciano of Australia. Later, he awarded Italy an injury penalty after judging Lucas Neill, Australian defender, to have fouled Fabio Grosso, full back to Italy. Francesco Totti scored the resulting spot kick and secured a 1-0 win for the Italians.
On 20 May 2009, Medina refereed the UEFA Cup Final between Shakhtar Donetsk and Werder Bremen.
Two days after the Australia–Italy game FIFA announced that Medina was one of the twelve referees retained for the remainder of the tournament. He refereed the quarter-final between Brazil and France on 1 July.
Cantalejo referred to the Russian Premier League match between Zenit St.Petersburg and CSKA Moscow on 21 August 2005.
Luis Medina Cantalejo Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Association Football Referee |
| House | Living in own house. |
Luis Medina Cantalejo is one of the richest Association Football Referee from Spain. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Luis Medina Cantalejo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was allowed to officiate domestic clashes between Real Madrid, Barcelona. His first international referee experience was on September 4, 2004, when he officiated the match between Turkey and Georgia in a preliminary qualifier to the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
He was chosen to officiate the playoff against Uruguay and Australia, for the final spot at the World Cup on 16/11/2005.
Cantalejo was chosen to officiate the 2008 UEFA European Championship qualifying match between England and Russia.
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Luis Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Referee. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Spain. Luis Medina Cantalejo celebrates birthday on March 1 of every year.