Roberto Rosetti

Roberto Rosetti at the “FIFA Club World Cup” 2009

Roberto Rosetti (born September 18, 1967 in Turin ) is a former Italian football referee .

Rosetti, an administrative employee (hospital manager) from Turin , has worked in Serie B since 1997 and in Serie A since April 19, 1998 ; On that day he led the game SSC Napoli against Sampdoria Genoa, his first of more than 150 encounters in the highest Italian league. He was also on the field in two Italian Cup finals and once in the Supercoppa Italiana . Since 2005 he has directed 23 UEFA Champions League matches .

Rosetti has been a FIFA referee since 2002 . His first international match was on January 11, 2002, a game between Tunisia and Cameroon . One of his first games in European cup competitions at club level was the first leg in the 2004 UI Cup final between FC Schalke 04 and Slovan Liberec in Gelsenkirchen . He took part in the Confederations Cup 2005 and the 2006 World Cup in Germany . There he headed in Group D , the match between Mexico and Iran . In addition, he was in the group matches Argentina - Serbia and Montenegro and Paraguay - Trinidad and Tobago as well as the round of 16 between France and Spain .

In 2008 Rosetti was one of the referees of the European Championships in Austria and Switzerland . With his assistants Alessandro Griselli and Paolo Calcagno, he led the opening match between Switzerland and the Czech Republic (0-1), the group match between Greece and Russia (0-1) and the quarter-final match between Turkey and Croatia (4-2 on penalties). His schedule for the latter game caused discussion among Turkish fans, as his mother was born in Vodnjan (Italian Dignano ) in today's Croatia after an unconfirmed report from an agency from Azerbaijan . UEFA stuck to Rosetti's nomination despite protests from Turkish fans. Rosetti then also directed the final of EURO 2008 on June 29, 2008 between Germany and Spain (0: 1) in the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna . At the end of 2008 he was named world referee by the IFFHS .