Felipe de Jesús Ramos Rizo (born 10 March 1963 in

Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital city, capital and primate city, largest city of Mexico, and the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North Amer ...

) is a Mexican FIFA football referee who officiated three matches at the

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. He is currently a referee analyst for

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and ESPN Mexico.

Career

Ramos Rizo made his debut as a referee on May 2, 1983. Ramos Rizo officiated the

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gold medal match between

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and

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. In 2001 FIFA assigned Ramos Rizo to officiate a 2002 World Cup qualifier between

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and

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, which was held in

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. Ramos Rizo was the fourth official in the 2002 FIFA World Cup opening match between

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and

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...

which resulted in a win for Senegal. He also officiated a quarterfinal match between

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and

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where he sent off

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in the 57th minute. In 2002, Ramos Rizo was involved in several scandals. He was accused of corruption after refereeing a match between

Jaguares de Chiapas Chiapas Fútbol Club, commonly known as Jaguares de Chiapas, was a football club based in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, that played in the Mexican football league system Liga MX. The team played their home matches at the Estadio Víctor Manuel Re ...

and

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, which Chiapas won 1–0; the match was crucial for Chiapas aspirations, since the team was involved in relegation and a loss would have been critical. Because of this, Ramos Rizo privacy was violated after his phone line was intercepted. In one of the calls, Ramos Rizo attacked

Edgardo Codesal Edgardo Codesal Méndez (; born 2 June 1951 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan- Mexican football (soccer) referee, who controlled the final match of the 1990 World Cup held in Italy. Career His grandfather was from Argentina, and his fathe ...

, then Head of the Mexican Refereeing Commission, and was vetoed from refereeing in the league and was later barred by the

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. These events forced Ramos Rizo into retirement, which officially happened in October 2003. He currently does referee analysis on

show '' Futbol Picante'' and is a writer for several sports publications and websites.

Olympic Games matches officiated

World Cup matches officiated

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramos Rizo, Felipe 1963 births Living people Mexican football referees FIFA World Cup referees Olympic football referees Sportspeople from Mexico City 2002 FIFA World Cup referees CONCACAF Gold Cup referees