Tullio Lanese
{{Short description|Italian football referee (1947–2025)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|01|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = Messina, Italy
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|3|1|1947|01|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Messina, Italy
| otheroccupation = Policeman
| role1 = Referee
| league1 = Serie A
| years1 = 1982–1992
| internationalyears1 = 1985–1992
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Tullio Lanese (10 January 1947 – 1 March 2025) was an Italian football referee and a president of the Italian Referees Association, the AIA.
Referee
From 1987 Cazal, Jean-Michel. [https://www.rsssf.org/intldetails/1987ic.html "International Matches 1987 - Intercontinental"]. RSSSF, 2 February 2005. Retrieved on 15 May 2013. to 1992 Lanese held the qualification of international referee, officiating in a total of 38 matches, including some matches of the final phase of the 1990 World Cup in Italy: Brazil-Sweden 2–1 in Turin, Uruguay-South Korea 1–0 in Udine and the last 16 encounter Cameroon-Colombia (2–1 after extra time) in Naples.RSSSF. "World Cup 1990 finals". Retrieved on 15 May 2013. He also refereed the European Cup final in 1991Ross, James M. [https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec199091.html "European Competitions 1990-91"]. RSSSF, 29 February 2012. Retrieved on 15 May 2013. and the semi-final between Sweden and Germany at the 1992 European Championships.Arnhold, Matthias. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesd/duit-intres-det1990.html "Germany - International Results - Details 1990-1999"]. RSSSF, 10 December 2010. Retrieved on 15 May 2013.
The Calciopoli scandal
As a result of the 2006 Italian football scandal, Lanese resigned as president of the AIA; at the end of the legal process he was sentenced by the Federal Court to prohibition for two years and six months, the sentence was reduced by the Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of CONI to one year, being replaced by Luigi Agnolin, as Extraordinary Commissioner.
The Naples prosecutor asked for the indictment of Lanese under the charge of criminal association aimed at sports fraud, and the trial was concluded at first instance with a sentence of two years of imprisonment.
On 5 December 2012, the fourth section of the Court of Appeal of Naples overturned the sentence of first instance acquitting him.
On 17 October 2012, the Court of Auditors sentenced Lanese, together with the referees involved in the scandal, to compensate the Italian Football Federation on charges of damage to their image. The former referee would have to pay €500,000.{{cite web|url=http://www.corriere.it/sport/12_ottobre_17/calciopoli-arbitri-risarcimento-corte-conti_c84c2e18-1867-11e2-a20d-0e1ab53dafde.shtml|title=Calciopoli, la Corte dei conti condanna gli arbitri: 4 milioni di danni alla Figc|publisher=Corriere della Sera|date=17 October 2012|access-date=26 October 2012}}.
On 24 March 2015, the prosecution's appeal against the plaintiff's acquittal was declared inadmissible in the Supreme Court.
Outside of football
In 2008 he was nominated by the UDC for the regional elections in Sicily, but was not elected.
On 1 March 2025, Tullio died in Messina at the age of 78.[https://www.tempostretto.it/news/messina-addio-allex-arbitro-tullio-lanese.html Messina, addio all’ex arbitro Tullio Lanese] {{in lang|it}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|de}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110905/http://www.weltfussball.de/schiedsrichter_profil.php?id=17599 Profile]
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Category:Sportspeople from Messina
Category:Italian police officers
Category:Italian football referees
Category:1990 FIFA World Cup referees
Category:UEFA Euro 1992 referees
Category:Olympic football referees
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