Ramón Ivanoes Barreto Ruiz (14 September 1939 – 4 April 2015) was a Uruguayan professional

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. He is the only referee in the history of the

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to have been appointed to two consecutive Final matches: in 1974 in

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, and in 1978 in

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. Barreto was first selected as a World Cup Finals referee in Germany. There he was given charge of the highly publicised fixture between

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and

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. Besides the two World Cups, Barreto is notable in England as the man who sent off

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in the game between England and Argentina at the Bombonera during England's tour of South America in 1977. He was also an official at the

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and at the 1976 Olympics. Barreto was selected for his second World Cup in 1978 in Argentina. It was there that he was appointed match referee for the repeat of the 1974 Final between West Germany and the

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.Planet World Cup – 1978 – Second Phase – Group 1 – West Germany v Netherlands
/ref> Thereafter he was selected to represent his country in the final game between Argentina and the Netherlands, in which he ran the line to

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, the first Italian ever to referee the final.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barreto, Ramon 1939 births 2015 deaths Copa América referees Olympic football referees FIFA World Cup referees Uruguayan football referees FIFA World Cup Final match officials 1978 FIFA World Cup referees 1974 FIFA World Cup referees 1970 FIFA World Cup referees Sportspeople from Montevideo Burials at Cementerio del Buceo, Montevideo