Stefano Braschi

{{Short description|Italian football referee (born 1957)}}

{{Infobox football official

| name = Stefano Braschi

| image =

| fullname = Stefano Braschi

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|6|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Barberino di Mugello, Italy

| death_date =

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| otheroccupation = Commercial agent

| years1 = 1992–2002

| league1 = Serie B / Serie A

| role1 = Referee

| internationalyears1 = 1996–2002

| confederation1 = FIFA listed

| internationalrole1 = Referee

}}

Stefano Braschi (born 6 June 1957 in Barberino di Mugello, Florence) is a retired Italian football referee.[http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=814&linkType=referee&contextType=bio Worldreferee.com] He is fluent in Italian, English and French.

Braschi officiated in qualifying matches for the 1998FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120625132724/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=1013/preliminaries/preliminary=893/matches/match=8583/report.html "Match Report - Switzerland - Finland 1:2 (0:1)"]. 6 September 1997. Retrieved on 16 May 2013. and 2002FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071126044451/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19731/report.html "Match Report - England - Germany 0:1 (0:1)"]. 7 October 2000. Retrieved on 16 May 2013. World Cups, as well as a Euro 2000 preliminary match between Poland and Bulgaria.Bobrowsky, Josef; Beuker, John; Stokkermans, Karel. [https://www.rsssf.org/tables/00e-ext.html "European Championship 2000 - Details"]. RSSSF, 17 January 2004. Retrieved on 16 May 2013. He also served as a referee for major international club contests, taking charge of the 2000 UEFA Champions League Final,BBC. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/762837.stm "Real storm to Cup glory"]. 24 May 2000. Retrieved on 16 May 2013. the 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final,Shaw, Phil. [https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-zolas-instant-impact-for-chelsea-1160022.html "Football: Zola's instant impact for Chelsea"]. The Independent, 14 May 1998. Retrieved on 16 May 2013. and two matches at the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.Pontes, Ricardo. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fifa-wcc00-det.html "FIFA Club World Championship 2000"]. RSSSF, 20 January 2000. Retrieved on 16 May 2013.

He is married to his wife, Paola. The pair have three adopted children.{{cite news |first=Gabriele |last=Marcotti |title=How referee with a heart found his little Brazilian family |url=http://www.espnfc.com/england/news/2000/1006/20001006engvgerref.html |work=ESPN |publisher=Entertainment and Sports Programming Network |date=6 October 2000 |access-date=26 August 2014}}