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Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Rodríguez
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Rodríguez officiating a match between Tijuana and Atlas in 2012.
Full name Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno
Born (1973-11-10) November 10, 1973 (age 43)
Mexico City, Mexico
Domestic
Years League Role
1997–2014 Primera División Referee
International
Years League Role
2000–2014 FIFA listed Referee

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (born November 10, 1973 in Mexico City) is a formerMexican football referee.

An international referee since 2000, Rodríguez has been selected for three FIFA World Cups. In the 2006 tournament in Germany, he refereed the England vs Paraguay match and the Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro match, where he sent off Cyril Domoraud and Albert Nađ. In the 2010 tournament in South Africa, Rodríguez was match referee for the first group match between Australia and Germany, where he gave a straight red card to Australian striker Tim Cahill. He also sent off Chile's Marco Estrada during the group stage encounter between Chile and Spain.

He was selected for the 2014 tournament in Brazil, in which he took charge of 3 games including the semifinal between Germany and Brazil, after which he announced his retirement. He refereed Uruguay verse Italy during the group stage. The game would finish 1–0 to Uruguay as they qualified for the knockout stage and eliminated Italy.


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