Maurizio Mariani
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| Full name | Maurizio Mariani | ||
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| Born |
(1982-02-25) 25 February 1982 (age 44)[1] Rome, Italy | ||
| Other occupation | Merchant sailor | ||
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2007– | Italian Football | Referee | |
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| 2019– | FIFA listed |
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Maurizio Mariani (born 25 February 1982) is an Italian football referee who officiates in Serie A. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2019, and a UEFA elite category referee since 2024.[2]
Born in Rome,[3] Mariani decided to pursue a career in refereeing at the age of 16 while in completing his studies at the Francesco Morosini Naval Academy in Venice.[4]
In October 2000, Mariani made his debut as a referee in youth categories. He then moved to Lazio and began improving his career by reaching Serie D in 2007 and then, after a two-year stay, Serie C in 2009.
After two more years in Serie C, he was promoted to the national association of Italian referees. In 2011, Mariani ascended to Serie B and, in 2013, to Serie A, where he was officialized in 2015.[5]
In October 2020, Mariani refereed his first Derby della Madonnina between Inter Milan and AC Milan.[6]
In 2019, FIFA named him a FIFA-listed referee and, in 2021, FIFA included Mariani as a video assistant referee.[7]
Mariani was assigned as a VAR official for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. Among other matches, Mariani was appointed for the quarter-final game between England and Portugal, as well as the semifinal match between England and Israel.[8][9]
At the end of the 2023–24 Serie A, he had 151 appearances in that category.
In May 2024, CONMEBOL, as part of an exchange program under the cooperation agreement with UEFA, selected Mariani for the 2024 Copa América,[10] and, in December 2024, UEFA promoted him to the Elite category.[2]
In 2025, Mariani refereed the Coppa Italia final between AC Milan and Bologna,[11] and was assigned to lead the final between Argentina and Morocco at the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.[12]
References
- ↑ "FORMAZIONE DEI RUOLI ARBITRALI NAZIONALI PER LA STAGIONE SPORTIVA 2015/2016" (PDF) (in Italian). AIA. 2015. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- 1 2 "Uefa, Maurizio Mariani promosso alla categoria Elite". OneFootball (in Italian). Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "Quién es Maurizio Mariani, el árbitro del Barça-United". SPORT.es (in Spanish). 16 February 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ Beltran, Maria Pia (19 March 2024). "Chi è Maurizio Mariani: il lavoro da consulente informatico e la lunga carriera in Serie A TIM. Il profilo dell'arbitro della Sezione di Aprilia". DAZN (in Italian). Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Maurizio Mariani, arbitro di Aprilia, esordisce in Serie A. Dirigerà Chievo-Atalanta". Città di Aprilia (in Italian). 5 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "Inter-Milan: arbitra Mariani, ecco assistenti e var". Calcio Mercato (in Italian). 15 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "INTERNAZIONALI 2021, LA LISTA". AIA-figc.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ↑ "Campionato Europeo U21: Paolo Valeri e Maurizio Mariani in Sala VAR per Inghilterra-Portogallo" (in Italian). AIA. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2025.[dead link]
- ↑ "Paolo Valeri e Maurizio Mariani in Sala VAR per la semifinale del Campionato Europeo U21" (in Italian). AIA. 4 July 2023. Archived from the original on 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "Árbitros convocados para la CONMEBOL Copa América 2024™". Copa América 2024 (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "Mariani dirigirá la final entre Milan y Bologna". ANSA (in Spanish). 12 May 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "Italian referee Mariani assigned to Under-20 World Cup Final". OneFootball. 16 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
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