Roberto Rosetti
{{short description|Italian football referee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Roberto Rosetti
| image = Roberto Rosetti 2009 FIFA CWC.jpg
| caption = Rosetti in 2009
| fullname = Roberto Rosetti
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|9|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = Turin, Italy
| death_date =
| death_place =
| otheroccupation = Football referee
| years1 = 1994–1997
| league1 = Serie C
| role1 = Referee
| years2 = 1997–2010
| role2 = Referee
| internationalyears1 = 2002–2010
| confederation1 = FIFA
| internationalrole1 = Referee
}}
Roberto Rosetti (born 18 September 1967) is an Italian former football referee. He is fluent in Italian (native), English and French. He started refereeing in 1983, and took charge of his first match in the Italian Serie A in 1996. He received his FIFA Badge in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.ratetheref.net/ref/view/42/roberto-rosetti |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024004648/http://www.ratetheref.net/ref/view/42/roberto-rosetti |url-status=usurped |archive-date=24 October 2008 |title=Roberto Rosetti |publisher=Rate The Ref |access-date=19 June 2010}} Aside from his refereeing duties, Rosetti works as director of a hospital.
Rosetti is counted amongst the top referees of all time in a list maintained by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).{{Cite web|url=http://www.iffhs.de/?20e43c03f32b00f31c13f32b17f7370eff3702bb1c2bbb6e08|title = IFFHS Dashboard| date=10 April 2020 }} He retired following the 2010 FIFA World Cup to take a position with the Italian Football Federation as the referee designator for Serie B League.
Luciano Moggi, then general director of Juventus, had described Rosetti and his colleague Pierluigi Collina as being too 'objective' in an intercepted telephone call. Moggi also claimed that Rosetti and Collina should be 'punished' for decisions made against Juventus in that same phonecall.{{cite web |author=© international hazma |title=Roberto Rosetti |url=http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=44&linkType=referee&contextType=bio |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171327/https://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=44&linkType=referee&contextType=bio |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |access-date=19 June 2010 |publisher=WorldReferee.com}}
Rosetti is currently the Chief Refereeing Officer and Chairman of the Referees Committee at UEFA.{{cite web |author= |title=Composition of the UEFA Organs and Bodies 2023 – 25/27|url=https://editorial.uefa.com/resources/0286-1940315cda43-ec69c35576da-1000/20231010_fully_compiled_composition_uefa_organs_and_bodies_2023_25_27_final.pdf |publisher=UEFA|date=2023-10-10|access-date=2023-11-07}}
Career
Rosetti was born in Turin, Piedmont.
He was one of the many referees who officiated in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League. He refereed the semi-final between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2298840/Rafa-Benitez-wants-strong-referee-at-Chelsea.html |title=Rafa Benitez wants strong referee at Chelsea |publisher=Telegraph |date=29 April 2008 |access-date=19 June 2010}}
Rosetti was selected to referee at UEFA Euro 2008 in Switzerland and Austria.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080305015018/http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=639895.html Referees named for EURO 2008], uefa.com, 19 December 2007
At the tournament, Rosetti was the referee for the:
- group A opening game between Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
- group D game between Greece and Russia.
- Quarterfinal match between Croatia and Turkey
- Final match between Germany and Spain.
Rosetti was one of the many referees who officiated in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League.{{cite news|first=Matt |last=Hughes |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article6230551.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508131154/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article6230551.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 May 2009 |title=Sympathy no consolation for Darren Fletcher |work=The Times |date=6 May 2009 |access-date=19 June 2010}}
=2010 World Cup=
Rosetti was preselected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His first match of the tournament was a 1–1 draw between Ghana and Australia. Rosetti sent Australia's Harry Kewell off for handling the ball on the goal line, awarding Ghana a penalty kick. The next game he refereed was the Argentina–Mexico game in the Round of 16, which Argentina won 3–1; the match was surrounded by controversy, however, as Rosetti and his team of officials incorrectly allowed Carlos Tevez's opening goal to stand, even though replays later showed that it should have been ruled out for offside.{{Cite web|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27062010/58/world-cup-2010-argentina-beat-mexico-face-germany.html|title = Yahoo UK & Ireland - Sports News | Live Scores | Results}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/28/carlos-tevez-offside-mexico-opener|title=World Cup 2010: Carlos Tevez knew he was offside for Mexico opener|work=The Guardian|date=28 June 2010|access-date=7 November 2017}} Rosetti was later left off the list of 19 referees announced by FIFA to take part in the rest of the competition although football's world governing body did not explain why. This decision affected Rosetti greatly and was the major reason behind his immediate retirement following the tournament, although he denied that it was his error that led him to retire.http://www.chroniclejournal.com/stories_sports.php?id=276382{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-fox-m-a-walt-disney-sky-plc/sky-investor-odey-opposes-fox-bid-as-disney-talks-fuel-uncertainty-idUKKBN1D71F4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107182501/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-fox-m-a-walt-disney-sky-plc/sky-investor-odey-opposes-fox-bid-as-disney-talks-fuel-uncertainty-idUKKBN1D71F4|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 November 2017|title=Referee Rosetti steps down after World Cup error|publisher=Reuters|date=8 July 2010|access-date=7 November 2017}}
=Later career=
Rosetti was hired by the Russian Football Union in 2011 to oversee the domestic referees' department but resigned in 2013 for family reasons.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-russia-ivanov/soccer-ivanov-to-replace-rosetti-as-russian-referees-chief-idUKL6N0K91ML20131230 |title=Soccer-Ivanov to replace Rosetti as Russian referees' chief
|publisher=Reuters |date=30 December 2013}}
In 2018, UEFA announced that Rosetti would become their Chief Refereeing Officer and Chairman of the Referees Committee, succeeding Pierluigi Collina, who became chairman of FIFA's referees committee. Collina assigned Rosetti to be the VAR Refereeing Project Leader at the 2018 FIFA World Cup to help implement the VAR system.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0248-0f8e6239bc89-686f05809575-1000--roberto-rosetti-succeeds-pierluigi-collina-as-uefa-s-chie/ |title=Roberto Rosetti succeeds Pierluigi Collina as UEFA's chief refereeing officer|publisher=UEFA |date=1 August 2018}}{{cite news|last=Marcotti | first=Gabriele| date=2018-08-13| url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37500997/world-cup-referee-chief-pierluigi-collina-dishes-var-impact-russia-2018y|title=World Cup ref chief Pierluigi Collina dishes on VAR impact at Russia 2018|work=ESPN}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/technical/football-technology/standards/video-assistant-referee/var-at-the-2018-fifa-world-cup|title=VAR at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
|publisher=FIFA}}
Honours
- Serie A Referee of the Year: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- IFFHS World's Best Referee: 2008{{cite web|url=http://iffhs.de/former-results/|title=Former Results|publisher=IFFHS.de|access-date=3 December 2017|archive-date=24 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924094523/https://iffhs.de/former-results/|url-status=dead}}
- Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/27-10-2015/hall-of-fame-vialli-mancini-facchetti-ronaldo-herrera-agnelli-tardelli-ferlaino-130676725232.shtml|title=Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo|trans-title=Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|date=27 October 2015|access-date=27 October 2015}}
References
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External links
- [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/ref/187122_ROSETTI_Roberto.html FIFA profile]
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20081024004648/http://www.ratetheref.net/ref/view/42/roberto-rosetti Profile on ratetheref.net]}}
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| before = {{flagicon|GER}} Markus Merk
| after = {{flagicon|POR}} Pedro Proença
| title = UEFA European Football Championship final match referees
| years = 2008
{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Rosetti
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{{Serie A Referee of the Year}}
{{IFFHS World's Best Referee}}
{{Referees 2006 World Cup}}
{{UEFA Euro 2008 referees}}
{{Referees 2010 World Cup}}
{{UEFA Euro finals referees}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Turin
Category:2006 FIFA World Cup referees
Category:Italian football referees
Category:2010 FIFA World Cup referees
Category:UEFA Euro 2008 referees
Category:UEFA European Championship final referees