Pierluigi Collina
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Collina as head of referees for the Ukrainian Association of Football in 2010 | |||
| Born |
13 February 1960 Bologna, Italy | ||
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| Other occupation | Financial advisor, UEFA Head of Referees | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1988–1991 | Serie C2 | Referee | |
| 1988–1991 | Serie C1 | Referee | |
| 1991–2005 | Serie B | Referee | |
| 1991–2005 | Serie A | Referee | |
| 1992–2006 | Coppa Italia | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 1995–2005 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Pierluigi Collina (Italian pronunciation: [ˌpjɛrluˈiːdʒi kolˈliːna]; born 13 February 1960) is an Italian former football referee. He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics six consecutive times from 1998 to 2003.
Collina is still involved in football as an unpaid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association (AIA), the Head of Referees for the Football Federation of Ukraine since 2010, a member of the UEFA Referees Committee, and Chairman of the FIFA referees committee.