Juan Francisco Escobar

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| name = Juan Francisco Escobar

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| fullname = Juan Francisco Escobar

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|1|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paraguay

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| league1 = Paraguayan Primera División

| role1 = Referee

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| internationalyears1 = 1985–1994

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

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{{Short description|Paraguayan football referee}}

Juan Francisco Escobar (born January 31, 1949) is a former Paraguayan football referee.

A former FIFA referee, Escobar supervised matches during the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship,FIFA. [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191144/matches/match=30775/report.html "Match Report - Hungary - Tunisia 2:1 (0:0)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316162847/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D104/edition%3D191144/matches/match%3D30775/report.html |date=2013-03-16 }}. 26 August 1985. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. the 1992 Olympic tournament,FIFA. [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=3385/matches/match=9993/report.html "Match Report - Poland - Kuwait 2:0 (1:0)"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214051143/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D3385/matches/match%3D9993/report.html |date=2013-02-14 }}. 24 July 1992. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. and the 1991Tabeira, Martín. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/91safull.html "Copa América 1991"]. RSSSF, 20 July 2010. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. and 1993 Copa AméricaTabeira, Martín. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html "Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723133440/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesu/uru-intres1995.html |date=2010-07-23 }}. RSSSF, 15 November 2012. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. tournaments. He also served as a referee in qualifying matches for the 1986FIFA. [https://archive.today/20130629045552/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=68/results/matches/match=524/report.html "Match Report - Ecuador - Uruguay 0:2 (0:0)"]. 31 March 1985. Retrieved on 29 April 2013. and 1994 World Cups.