Gilberto de Almeida Rêgo

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Gilberto Leonel de Almeida Rêgo (born February 21, 1881 in Irará , Brazil , † October 21, 1961 ) was a Brazilian football referee .

He was used at the first soccer World Cup in 1930 and directed a total of three games. He was noticed by several curious and controversial decisions. So he whistled the preliminary round game Argentina against France several minutes too early. This also happened immediately before the completion of a great chance for Frenchman Marcel Langiller , which might have equalized the 1-1 draw in this game. In the semi-final game of the World Cup host Uruguay against Yugoslavia, which had previously caused the national team of his home country to be eliminated from the tournament, he initially did not recognize the Yugoslavs goal for a potential 2-0 lead due to alleged offside position. He then overlooked the fact that the game device had already been clearly out of the gate before Uruguay's equalizer and was only brought back into the five-meter area by a police officer posted there. De Almeida Rêgo was 49 years old at the time of the tournament, making it the oldest active participant in this World Cup.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistical data on weltfussball.de
  2. ↑ Added time is relative from Uli Hesse on ESPNsoccernet  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / 198.105.192.83  
  3. ↑ The beginning of a world event by Uwe Berndt  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / magazine.web.de  
  4. ↑ Short biography on worldreferee.com
personal data
SURNAME Rêgo, Gilberto de Almeida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rêgo, Gilberto Leonel de Almeida (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer referee
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Irará , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1961