Gianluca Paparesta (born 25 May 1969 in
Bari) is a former
Italia
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football referee. He was implicated in the 2006 ''
Calciopoli
''Calciopoli'' () was a sports scandal in Italy's top professional association football league Serie A and to a lesser extent Serie B. Involving various clubs and numerous executives, both from the same clubs and from the main Italian football b ...
'' scandal, and has not refereed since.
Biography
He has never refereed any World Championship or European Championship matches, but has refereed nine matches in the
UEFA Cup
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, as well as
2006 World Cup qualifiers.
In May 2014, Paparesta headed a consortium that bought
Serie B
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club
A.S. Bari
Società Sportiva Calcio Bari, commonly referred to as Bari, is an Italian football club based in Bari, Apulia. Bari currently plays in the . The team finished the 2021–22 season in first place in Serie C and earned promotion to Serie B for ...
for € 4.8 million.
In August 2019, he was unveiled as part of the non-technical staff at the newly-refounded
Palermo, where he will be in charge of media-related duties.
References
External links
Official webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paparesta, Gianluca
Italian football referees
Sportspeople from Bari
1969 births
Living people
SSC Bari