Romualdo Arppi Filho

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Romualdo Arppi Filho (born January 7, 1939 in Santos ) is a former Brazilian football referee . Arppi Filho, among other things, the final of the 1986 FIFA World Cup between Argentina and Germany and finals of the Copa America , the World Cup , the Copa Libertadores and the Brazilian soccer championship headed and 1963-1990 FIFA referee was governed, in addition Arnaldo Cézar Coelho as the historically outstanding referee of his country.

He is also the number one patron of a total of only ten cartridges of the Academia Paulista de Árbitros de Futebol Charles Miller . These include, for example, greats such as the World Cup referee Arnaldo Cézar Coelho , who also whistled a World Cup final with German participation in 1982, José Roberto Wright , Armando Marques and the German football pioneer Hermann Friese .

Life

As a child, Romualdo Arppi Filho enjoyed playing sports, preferably football, but also basketball and volleyball. Due to his rather slim stature, he was often only assigned the role of a reservist, but sometimes he was also entrusted with referee duties. From the age of 14, he concentrated entirely on refereeing and finally took a course at the São Paulo State Football Association when he was 18 .

Two years later, in 1959, he made his debut in an official game and only a year later he was already leading games at national level. In 1961 his first international assignment followed at a summer tournament in the Uruguayan capital Montevideo , where he whistled other games with Boca Juniors and the local Club Nacional - and made an excellent impression. In 1962 he led the decisive game of the then all-important Torneio Rio-São Paulo , which Botafogo FR from Rio de Janeiro won 3-1 against SE Palmeiras . In 1963, the Brazilian association officially reported the 24-year-old as a FIFA referee.

In 1968, Ganso , the goose, as Arppo Filho is also called by his friends, was used at the Olympic Games in Mexico. In 1973 he overlooked the 0-0 in the Copa Libertadores final second leg between CSD Colo Colo from Santiago de Chile and the Bonarens suburb CA Independiente from Argentina. In 1975 his first appearance at the Copa América and in 1976 he whistled his first final of the state championship of São Paulo where SE Palmeiras defeated EC XV de Novembro from the provincial town of Piracicaba 1-0. In 1979 and 1980, further appearances followed at the Copa America and the Olympic Games, this time held in Moscow . In 1984 in Los Angeles he was referee at the Olympic Games for the third time and led his fifth game in the tournaments under the five rings - he was level with the Hungarian István Zsolt , who led just as many games at four Olympic Games between 1952 and 1968 and has since been a joint record holder.

In 1984 and 1985 he also directed the finals of the Brazilian championship . In 1984 Fluminense FC from Rio won the title against local rivals CR Vasco da Gama , while Coritiba FC got the upper hand on penalties against Bangu AC from Rio the following year . Overall, Arppo Filho ruled 254 championship games and was still fifth in 2010.

In 1984 he also had a big appearance on the international stage when he led the World Cup final between the Libertadores winner CA Independiente and the winner of the European Cup , Liverpool FC in Tokyo , where the Argentines won the title with a 1-0 Ensured success.

The greatest highlight of Romualdo Arppo Filho's career followed with his participation in the 1986 World Cup . In the preliminary round he whistled the 1-1 draw between France and the USSR and in the second round Mexico's 2-0 success against Bulgaria. In two other games he acted as linesman. The culmination of his career, however, was leading the final in the Aztec Stadium between the Argentinian team around Diego Maradona and Germany with the star Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , which the South Americans won 3-2. He was the second Brazilian in a row after Arnaldo Cézar Coelho , and also overall to lead the World Cup final.

In 1987 the last highlight of his career came when he led the final between Uruguay and Chile at his third Copa America at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires. In this rough game Uruguay got their 13th success in this competition with a 1-0 victory. Arppo Filho sent two players from both teams, including the star of the winning team Enzo Francescoli , of the field.

In 1988 he directed the final of the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitational Tournament .

In 1990, now 51 years old, Romualdo Arppo Filho retired from big football. All in all, he was a FIFA referee for 27 years and can look back on a career without scandals. Arppo Filho, who was a real estate agent in São Vicente in the area around Santos , is father of three sons and has now withdrawn to the more rural Caldas Novas in the state of Goiás .

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  1. ↑ Academia Paulista de Árbitros: Patronos ( Memento of December 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Filho, Romualdo Arppi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer referee
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Santos