Carina Vitulano

{{short description|Italian football referee}}

{{Infobox football official

| name = Carina Vitulano

| image = Carina Vitulano (16538336870).jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Carina Susana Vitulano

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|07|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina

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| years1 = 2002–

| league1 = Serie D

| role1 = Referee

| internationalyears1 = 2005–

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

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Carina Susana Vitulano (born 22 July 1975) is an Italian football referee. She is {{height|cm=169}} tall and has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2005.{{cite web|title=Carina VITULANO|url=http://fr.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/referees/referee=220421/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706155018/http://fr.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/organisation/referees/referee=220421/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2015|publisher=FIFA|accessdate=17 April 2015|language=French}} Vitulano shrugged off a serious knee injury sustained at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to be selected for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=3/news=22-referees-7-support-referees-and-44-assistant-referees-appointed-for-2580523.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150331171445/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=3/news=22-referees-7-support-referees-and-44-assistant-referees-appointed-for-2580523.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 31, 2015|title=22 referees, 7 support referees and 44 assistant referees appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup 2015™|publisher=FIFA.com|date=30 March 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/02/58/05/09/matchofficialsfwwccanada2015_260315_neutral.pdf|title=Referees and Assistant Referees for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015™|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=2015-07-05|archive-date=2019-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608194357/https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/refereeing/02/58/05/09/matchofficialsfwwccanada2015_260315_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Carina's father Miguel Vitulano was born in Manfredonia but grew up in Argentina, where Carina was born. He returned to Italy and played football for Livorno while raising his three daughters. Miguel died of a heart attack aged 58 in 2009.{{cite news|last1=Tacchi|first1=Gianni|title=Brava e... Carina, merita il Mondiale|url=http://iltirreno.gelocal.it/livorno/sport/2015/03/30/news/brava-e-carina-merita-il-mondiale-1.11147765|accessdate=23 April 2015|publisher=Il Tirreno|date=30 March 2015|language=Italian}} Engineering graduate Carina is a mother of two children: Filippo and Alessia.{{cite web|title=Carina Vitulano dirigerà la finale|url=http://www.cratoscana.com/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=255:carina-vitulano-dirigera-la-finale-|publisher=CRA Toscana|accessdate=23 April 2015|language=Italian|date=13 October 2012}}