Maurizio Mattei

{{Short description|Italian association football referee (1942–2021)}}

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Maurizio Mattei (27 February 1942 in Treia – 12 February 2021) was an Italian football referee and refereeing officer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.corriereadriatico.it/macerata/coronavirus_ultime_notizie_treia_maurizio_mattei_ex_arbitro_morto_covid_oggi-5762998.html|title=È morto Maurizio Mattei, ex arbitro di calcio. Era ricoverato al Covid hospital, aveva 78 anni|website=www.corriereadriatico.it|date=13 February 2021 |language=it}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/altre-notizie/il-cordoglio-dell-aia-per-la-scomparsa-di-maurizio-mattei-sconfitto-dal-coronavirus-1495352|title=Il cordoglio dell'AIA per la scomparsa di Maurizio Mattei, sconfitto dal Coronavirus|website=TUTTOmercatoWEB.com|language=it}}

Mattei died on 12 February 2021, at the age of 78, at the Covid center in Civitanova Marche where he had been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, fifteen days short from his 79th birthday.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cronachemaceratesi.it/2021/02/12/morto-lex-designatore-arbitrale-mattei-era-ricoverato-al-covid-center/1495862/|title=Morto l'ex designatore arbitrale Mattei: era ricoverato al Covid center|date=12 February 2021|website=www.cronachemaceratesi.it|language=it}}