Javier Castrilli
{{Infobox sport
| name = Javier Castrilli
| image = Javier Castrilli.png
| imagesize = 250px
| alt = Javier Castrilli officiating a match
| caption = Castrilli in 2019
| union = FIFA
| nickname = El Sheriff
| first = 1980
| firstlabel = First refereed match
| type = Field officiating
| equipment = Whistle, cards, notebook
| venue = Football pitch
| countries involved =
| olympic = Yes, for officiating Olympic football matches
| world = 1998 FIFA World Cup
| obsolete = No
}}
{{short description|Argentine football referee}}
Javier Alberto Castrilli (born May 22, 1957) is a former football referee from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Refereeing career
Castrilli worked as a referee from 1980 to 1998, earning the nickname El Sheriff due to his character and decisions on the field by strictly imposing the rules of the game. Castrilli was notorious for officiating a league match between River Plate and Newell's Old Boys in May 1992. He issued four red cards to River Plate players, and also issued a red card to the club's manager Daniel Passarella.{{cite news|publisher=Clarín|title=A 20 años del Tarjetazo de Castrilli en el Monumental|url=https://www.clarin.com/deportes/anos-tarjetazo-castrilli-monumental_0_SJNQeSE3wXg.html|language=es|date=10 May 2012}}
He was a referee in the 1998 World Cup held in France and retired in the same year.{{cite web |last1=Torres |first1=Cristián |title=El árbitro argentino Javier Castrilli le ganó un juicio a la Federación de Fútbol de Chile y cobrará una importante indemnización |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2023/02/07/el-arbitro-argentino-javier-castrilli-le-gano-un-juicio-a-la-federacion-de-futbol-de-chile-y-cobrara-una-importante-indeminzacion/ |website=Infobae |access-date=3 June 2025 |language=es |date=7 February 2023}}
After his retirement, Castrilli served as head of the Referees Committee of the National Professional Football Association of Chile (ANFP) from September 2021 until April 2022.{{cite news |last1=Parker |first1=Matías |title=Remezón total en el referato: Castrilli y la comisión de árbitros son despedidos de la ANFP |url=https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/castrilli-y-la-comision-de-arbitros-son-despedidos-de-la-anfp/L35N655CMJHHJDCYRD6DCQ2DO4/ |access-date=3 June 2025 |work=La Tercera |date=6 April 2022 |language=es}} On 13 June 2025, he assumed the same charge in the National Amateur Football Association of Chile (ANFA).{{cite news |last1=Rivera Valencia |first1=Carlos |title=Javier Castrilli regresa al futbol chileno para liderar comisión arbitral de la ANFA |url=https://www.diarioeldia.cl/noticias/2025/06/13/127163-javier-castrilli-regresa-al-futbol-chileno-para-liderar-comision-arbitral-de-la-anfa#:~:text=VÍNCULO%20EL%20MIÉRCOLES-,Javier%20Castrilli%20regresa%20al%20futbol%20chileno%20para%20liderar%20comisión%20arbitral,salida%20del%20profesionalismo%20en%202022. |access-date=14 June 2025 |work=Diario El Día |date=13 June 2025 |language=es}}
Political career
Castrilli entered politics and is director the Argentine Ministry of Internal Affairs' program of security at football events (ProSEF). He ran for mayor of Buenos Aires in 2011, landing in ninth place with under 1% of the vote.
References
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External links
- {{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20121230011528/http://www.lavoz.com.ar/2003/0924/suplementos/temas/nota192091_1.htm Biography at La voz del Interior newspaper] (in Spanish)
{{1998 FIFA World Cup referees}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
Category:Argentine football referees
Category:Copa América referees
Category:1998 FIFA World Cup referees
Category:Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Category:Argentine sportsperson-politicians
Category:21st-century Argentine politicians