Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa (born 9 March 1968) is a retired

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from

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who has officiated at international matches since 1998. He officiated at the

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, where he took charge of four matches, including a semifinal between

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and

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. He is known as a strict referee who shows a high number of cards. Larrionda is also well known in South America, having participated in countless matches of continental competitions such as the

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and the Campeonato Uruguayo. He retired from refereeing in 2011.

Career

Prior to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Larrionda officiated 34 games internationally in matches in the 2001

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, 2002 World Cup qualifying matches for

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and

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, the 2003 Confederations Cup, the

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, the 2004

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, the

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and Under-17 World Championship, and 2006 World Cup CONMEBOL qualifying matches. Larrionda was selected as a referee for the

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, but was suspended for six months by the Uruguayan Football Association two days after his selection, and was dropped from the list of referees. The organization cited "irregularities" which were not specified. Larrionda was one of five referees suspended for what the president of the Uruguayan board described as "irregularities that were denounced by other referees." The suspensions reportedly arose from accusations of corruption between members of rival Uruguayan soccer officials unions. Larrionda officiated over a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier held 13 October 2004 between Brazil and Colombia at Maceio, Brazil. The match ended in a draw. Larrionda was selected as a referee for the

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. He took charge of the 2009 Confederations Cup semifinal, in which the

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upset

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2-0. He issued four yellow cards in the match, two to each side, as well as a straight red to the USA's Michael Bradley late in the game. Larrionda refereed the second leg of the two legged playoff between Bahrain and New Zealand, in Wellington. The first leg was refereed by Hungarian Viktor Kassai.

2006 FIFA World Cup

Larrionda was selected again to officiate for the

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. He refereed the Angola - Portugal match on 11 June. Larrionda's second assignment in the 2006 World Cup was the 17 June match Italy - United States. He became the fourth referee to send off three players in a single World Cup finals match, after sending off Italy's Daniele De Rossi for an elbow to the cheek of

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, United States' Pablo Mastroeni for a two-footed tackle, and

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for a late tackle which saw Pope receive his second yellow card. In total for the match, Larrionda issued four yellow and three red cards; all but one of the cards were issued during the first 47 minutes of the match. Larrionda was chosen to officiate another group-stage match, between

and

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. On 28 June FIFA announced that Larrionda would be one of the final group of 12 referees retained for the remainder of the tournament, and on 2 July he was appointed to officiate the second semi final between

and

(5 July). Larrionda officiated the

semifinal on 5 July 2006. In the 32nd minute, Larrionda awarded a

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to France for a foul by

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. The shot was taken successfully by

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. The penalty was the only goal of the game, and France won 1-0. Larrionda gave out only two yellow cards in the match. He booked

of Portugal in 83rd minute and

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of France in the 87th. Both players were already carrying yellows, and thus missed the third place match and final, respectively, due to card accumulation.

2010 FIFA World Cup

Larrionda was selected as a referee for the

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. He was the referee at the

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match, which Australia won 2-1. He refereed the

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between

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and

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that Germany went on to win 4-1. Larrionda failed to award a goal when a shot from

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came off of the crossbar and crossed the goal line."Desperate England dumped out by Germany"

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, 27 June 2010 It would have made the score 2–2 at the time. This incident renewed calls for the introduction of

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. Due to this mistake, Larrionda along with his two assistants were not chosen by FIFA for the final stages.

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Larrionda, Jorge 1968 births Living people Uruguayan football referees FIFA World Cup referees 2006 FIFA World Cup referees Copa América referees 2010 FIFA World Cup referees Sportspeople from Montevideo