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Roberto Rosetti

Roberto Rosetti
Roberto Rosetti 2009 FIFA CWC.jpg
Full name Roberto Rosetti
Born (1967-09-18) 18 September 1967 (age 49)
Turin, Italy
Other occupation Football referee
Director of hospital
Domestic
Years League Role
1994–1997 Serie C Referee
1997–2010 Serie A and B Referee
International
Years League Role
2002–2010 FIFA Referee

Roberto Rosetti (born 18 September 1967 in Turin, Piedmont) is a former Italian football referee. He is fluent in Italian, English and French. He started refereeing in 1983, and took charge of his first match in the Italian Serie A in 1996. He received his FIFA Badge in 2002. Aside from his refereeing duties, Rosetti works as director of a hospital.

Rosetti is counted amongst the top referees of all time in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). He retired following the 2010 FIFA World Cup to take a position with the Italian Football Federation as the referee designator for Serie B League.

Luciano Moggi, then general director of Juventus, had described Rosetti and his colleague Pierluigi Collina as being too 'objective' in an intercepted telephone call. Moggi also claimed that Rosetti and Collina should be 'punished' for decisions made against Juventus in that same phonecall.

Rosetti emerged from the scandal unscathed.

Rosetti was one of the many referees who officiated over the UEFA Champions League 2007–08. He refereed the semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.

Rosetti was selected to referee at UEFA Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.

At the tournament, Rosetti was the referee for the:


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