Byron Moreno

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Byron Aldemar Moreno Ruales (* 23. November 1969 in Quito ) is a former Ecuadorian FIFA - football referee .

Career

Moreno was known for a strict interpretation of the rules since the beginning of his career. In 1998 he sent six players off the field in one game. In one season he had 1.08 red cards per game.

Larger He gained fame through the line of the World Cup last sixteen Italy against South Korea at the 2002 FIFA World Cup when he Francesco Totti drew off the pitch and Italy not awarded in the extension of a goal. Italy was ultimately eliminated. In an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport in 2008, Moreno admitted that withdrawing the goal was a wrong decision, but for which he blamed his linesman. The Roman public prosecutor's office had opened an inconclusive investigation against Moreno after a member of parliament reported him, in which he was accused of influencing sporting competitions in general and of having belonged to a conspiracy in favor of South Korea at the expense of Italy. Regardless, Moreno was no longer allowed to lead international games. He appeared in entertainment programs on Italian television after the World Cup.

Three months after the World Cup, he was accused of postponing a game in the Ecuadorian League between LDU Quito and Barcelona SC Guayaquil in favor of LDU Quito. He is said to have deliberately made wrong penalty decisions and only ended the game after the league had turned the game from 2: 3 to 4: 3 (with an indicated stoppage time of six minutes, this ultimately amounted to twelve minutes. In fact, he gave both teams each a penalty and a red card. A goal he disallowed Quito for handball. His (ultimately unsuccessful) candidacy for the city parliament of Quito in October 2002 was seen as a motive for manipulation. He is said to have sought by the extension of his popularity with the Moreno was banned from the Ecuadorian Football Association for 20 games but later pardoned. He briefly whistled again in first division games, but was criticized again after playing Deportivo Cuenca in May 2003 had sent three players from the visiting team off the field against Deportivo Quito , and shortly afterwards e r retired entirely from professional football. He is still active as a commentator on television and as a volunteer referee at amateur games.

accusation

On September 20, 2010, he was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport while trying to smuggle six kilograms of heroin into the United States. On September 23, 2011, Moreno was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in a court in New York City .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Anthony Sormani, Italy Were Wronged In 2002 - Infamous Referee Moreno ( Memento of May 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Goal.com , June 17, 2008 (English)
  2. ↑ Roland Schulz, Der Gerechte, fluter.de , March 31, 2006 (or fluter. Issue 47, pp. 7–8).
  3. ↑ Drug arbitrator Moreno gets jail sentence
  4. ^ "Scandal Referee" in prison
personal data
SURNAME Moreno, Byron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moreno Ruales, Byron Aldemar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ecuadorian football referee
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Quito