Pierluigi Collina discusses Management in the Financial Times
Degree in Economics at University of Bologna
Financial consultant
Spoken languages: italian, English and Spanish
Referee since 1977
Matches officiated (till 31.10.2004) :
- Serie A 240 (first match on 15.11.1991, Verona v scoli)
- Serie B 79
- Coppa Italia 42 ( Finals 1995, 2002, 2004 and 2005)
- Italian Supercup 2 (Finals 2003 and 2004)
- Internationals 109 (first match on 8.3.1995, Turkey v France)
Tournments and finals:
Olympics Games Atlanta 1996 Final Argentina v Nigeria
World Cup Francia 1998
Champions League 1998-99 Final Bayern Munich v Manchester United
European Championship Euro 2000
World Cup Korea-Japan 2002 Final Germany v Brasil
Uefa Cup 2003-04 Final Olympique de Marseille v Valencia
European Championship Euro 2004
Awards:
Premio Bernardi as best new referee in Serie A
Premio Mauro as best international referee
Premio Dattilo as best italian referee
2005 International Personality of the Year, Football Association of Ireland
Best italian referee voted by Italian Players’ Association 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002,2003, 2004
Best referee of the world voted by IFFHS, International Football Federation of History and Statistics
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,2003
International Sport Personality of the Year 2005, Football Association of Ireland
Honours:
Commendatore dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana , honour given by Republic of Italy’s President mr.Ciampi on 7.1.2003
Doctorate “honoris causa” in Science at The University of Hull (UK), July 14th, 2004
Other activities:
International Red Cross’ ambassador for the campaign “Children in war”, 2004
Author of the book “The rules of the game”, published in Italy in 2003 and translated in more than 10 different languages.