Richard Lorenc

{{short description|Australian former football referee (born 1951)}}

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{{Infobox football official

| name = Richard Lorenc

| fullname = Richard Renald Lorenc

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1951|12|03}}

| birth_place = West Ryde, New South Wales, Australia

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| death_place =

| otheroccupation = Teacher

| years1 = 1977–1995

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| league1 = National Soccer League

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| role1 = Referee

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| internationalyears1 = 1987–1995

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

}}Richard Renald Lorenc (born 3 December 1951) is an Australian former football (soccer) referee.{{cite web|url=http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=1193&linkType=referee&contextType=bio|title=Referee - Richard Lorenc|publisher=WorldReferee.com|accessdate=15 July 2009}} He is, as of July 2009, referees coordinator for Football New South Wales.{{cite web|url=http://www.asrfnsw.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=1|title=New Football NSW Referees Co-ordinator|last=Baker|first=Richard|date=9 February 2009|work=Football NSW|publisher=Australian Soccer Referees Federation NSW Division|accessdate=15 July 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507060432/http://www.asrfnsw.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=1|archivedate=7 May 2009}}

Lorenc's career highlight was as an assistant referee at the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy. He also served as a FIFA referee at the 1987FIFA. [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u20worldcup/chile1987/matches/round=191169/match=30839/index.html "Match Report - Yugoslavia - German DR 2:1 (1:0)"]. 23 October 1987. Retrieved on 1 June 2013. and 1993FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071203053226/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=104/edition=191252/matches/match=30927/report.html "Match Report - Mexico - Norway 3:0 (1:0)"]. 7 March 1993. Retrieved on 1 June 2013. World Youth Championships, and officiated in 1994 World Cup qualifiers.RSSSF. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/94qual.html "World Cup 1994 qualifications"]. Retrieved on 1 June 2013. He is known to have officiated international matches during the period from 1987 to 1995.Morrison, Neil. [https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1995ic1.html "International Matches 1995 - Intercontinental, January-March"]. RSSSF, 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 1 June 2013.