Cesare Gussoni

{{Short description|Italian football referee (1934–2024)}}

{{Infobox football official

| name = Cesare Gussoni

| image = File:Cesare Gussoni.jpg

| image_size = 200px

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1934|01|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Casalmaggiore, Italy

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|28|1934|01|20|df=y}}

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| role1 = Referee

| league1 = Serie A

| years1 = 1966–1978{{Cite web |title=Scheda arbitro - Gussoni Cesare |url=http://calcio-seriea.net/scheda_arbitro/1964/5125/ |access-date=30 April 2021 |website=calcio-seriea.net |language=it}}

| internationalyears1 = 1977–1978

| confederation1 = FIFA-listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

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Cesare Gussoni (20 January 1934 – 28 October 2024)[https://www.oglioponews.it/2024/10/28/addio-a-cesare-gussoni-grande-arbitro-internazionale-di-casalmaggiore/ Addio a Cesare Gussoni, grande arbitro UEFA e FIFA di Casalmaggiore] {{in lang|it}} was an Italian football referee.

He served as referee 106 times in Serie A between 1966 and 1978. He also refereed the 1977 Coppa Italia Final.{{Cite web |title=Cesare Gussoni |url=https://www.figc.it/it/museo-del-calcio/hall-of-fame/le-stelle/cesare-gussoni/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401095939/https://www.figc.it/it/museo-del-calcio/hall-of-fame/le-stelle/cesare-gussoni/ |archive-date=1 April 2019 |access-date=30 April 2021 |website=Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio |language=en}}

At international level, he refereed twice in the 1978 FIFA World Cup qualifiers: in Greece–Soviet Union on 10 May 1977 and in Hong Kong–Iran on 19 June 1977.{{Cite web |title=World Cup 1978 qualifications |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/78qual.html |access-date=30 April 2021 |website=RSSSF.com}} He also served as a linesman in the 1976 European Cup Final.

In 1978, Gussoni was awarded the Giovanni Mauro Award as the best referee of the season. In 2013, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/calcio/seriea/hall-of-fame-allegri-miglior-allenatore-nell-olimpo-del-calcio-italiano-anche-zanetti-e-totti_1276543-201902a.shtml |title= Hall of Fame: Allegri miglior allenatore. Nell'Olimpo del calcio italiano anche Zanetti e Totti |date=20 May 2019 |website=Sport Mediaset |language=it |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128131752/https://www.sportmediaset.mediaset.it/calcio/seriea/hall-of-fame-allegri-miglior-allenatore-nell-olimpo-del-calcio-italiano-anche-zanetti-e-totti_1276543-201902a.shtml |archive-date=28 January 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=17 April 2021}}