John Pitti

John Pitti (second referee from right) during the preliminary round match between Uruguay and Saudi Arabia at the 2018 World Cup

John Pitti (born August 2, 1978 in Panama City or Chiriquí ) is a Panamanian football referee .

John Pitti has been a FIFA referee since 2012, leading international matches. Since then, he was also in the U-20 World Cup 2015 in New Zealand , the Copa America Centenario 2016 in the United States , the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 2017 as well as the U-17 World Cup 2017 in India in action. He acted as video referee at the U-20 World Cup in South Korea in 2017 .

In 2018, Pitti was nominated by FIFA for the 2018 World Cup in Russia . He did not preside over any games, but served as fourth official four times .

Pitti works full time as a teacher .

Web links

Commons : John Pitti  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• John Pitti in the soccerway.com database
• John Pitti in the database of transfermarkt.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Jim Sheridan: Who is Panamanian referee John Pitti and how many World Cups has he officiated at? . In: The Sun , May 31, 2018. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
2. ↑ Referees: Panama , on fifa.com. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
3. ↑ FIFA World Cup Russia 2018: List of match officials ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , on resources.fifa.com. Retrieved June 12, 2018.