Piero Ceccarini
Italian footballer
Piero Ceccarini (born 20 October 1953) is an Italian former football referee. He is mostly known for officiating the final of the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, and for a controversial decision he made during a Serie A match in Turin between Juventus and Inter on 26 April 1998.
Ceccarini is known to have worked as a FIFA referee during the period from 1993 to 1998. He officiated in qualifiers for Euro 1996 (as well as one match at the final tournament), Euro 2000, and the 1998 World Cup.
Career
Ceccarini was born in Livorno. He worked as a FIFA referee from 1993 to 1998.
He officiated the 1995 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final between Arsenal and Zaragoza (1–2 a.e.t.).
In January 1996, he officiated the 1995 Supercoppa Italiana between Juventus and Parma. Later that year, he refereed one match in the 1996 UEFA European Football Championship in England, a 1–1 draw between Bulgaria and Spain in Group B, at Elland Road in Leeds, on 8 June; he had previously officiated the qualifiers for the tournament. The following season, he officiated the first leg of the 1997 Coppa Italia final between Napoli and Vicenza.
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