Richard Renald Lorenc (born 3 December 1951) is an Australian former

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. He is, as of July 2009, referees coordinator for

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. Lorenc's career highlight was as an

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at the

1990 FIFA World Cup The 1990 FIFA World Cup was the 14th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was held from 8 June to 8 July 1990 in Italy, the second country to host the event for a second time (the first being Me ...

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. He also served as a

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referee at the

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

FIFA
"Match Report - Yugoslavia - German DR 2:1 (1:0)"
23 October 1987. Retrieved on 1 June 2013. and

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peace ...

World Youth Championships, and officiated in

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World Cup qualifiers. He is known to have officiated international matches during the period from 1987 to 1995.Morrison, Neil
"International Matches 1995 - Intercontinental, January-March"
''RSSSF'', 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 1 June 2013.

References

1951 births Australian soccer referees Living people 1990 FIFA World Cup referees FIFA World Cup referees {{Australia-footy-bio-stub