Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno

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Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (born November 10, 1973 in Mexico City ) is a retired Mexican football referee .

Career

Moreno was a FIFA referee from 1999 to 2014 . His first international match he led on 3 March 1999 with the game Paraguay against Guatemala .

Rodríguez played at various international tournaments: at the U17 World Championships in 2003, 2005 and 2013, at the U20 World Championship in 2009, at the Club World Championships in 2007 (including the finals) and 2012, at the Copa America in 2004 and in five CONCACAF Gold Cups (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013).

The 2006 World Cup in Germany was his first major tournament. He was supported by his assistants José Luis Camargo ( Mexico ) and Leonel Leal ( Costa Rica ). At the age of 32 he was the youngest referee in this World Cup . Rodríguez was in charge of the England versus Paraguay and Ivory Coast versus Serbia and Montenegro games .

At the 2010 World Cup , he led the matches between Germany and Australia and Chile against Spain .

In 2014 he took part in his third World Cup, where he led the semi-finals between Brazil and Germany , which ended his career.

He is also active as a football coach, physical education teacher, entrepreneur, speaker and ambassador for health and as a Christian missionary for humanitarian aid. Because of his hairstyle, he is often mocked with the nickname Chiquidrácula ( German  Little Dracula ), which refers to a person on the Mexican children's broadcast of the 1980s and 1990s Chiquilladas .

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2014

phase date Venue Home team Visiting team Result
Group stage 17th June 2014 Belo Horizonte BelgiumBelgium Belgium AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria 2: 1 (0: 1)
Group stage June 24, 2014 natal ItalyItaly Italy UruguayUruguay Uruguay 0: 1 (0: 0)
Semifinals 0July 8, 2014 Belo Horizonte BrazilBrazil Brazil GermanyGermany Germany 1: 7 (0: 5)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mexican referee Marco "Chiquimarco" Rodriguez retires. In: nbcsports.com. NBC Sports, July 16, 2014, accessed December 9, 2015 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rodríguez Moreno, Marco Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rodríguez, Marco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer referee
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico city