Rinaldo Barlassina

Rinaldo Barlassina
Born 2 May 1898
Novara, Italy
Died 23 December 1946
Bergamo, Italy
Years Role
1931–1942 football referee

Rinaldo Barlassina (2 May 1898 in Novara, Italy – 23 December 1946 in Bergamo, Italy) was an Italian international football referee.[1] He was one of the first three Italian referees to officiate in the World Cup (with Francesco Mattea and Albino Carraro).

Career

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He officiated 36 international matches and was FIFA referee in 1931–1942. He attributed 4 matches in 1934 (3) and 1938 (1) World Cup, 1938 World Cup qualifying (2), 1936 Olympic Games (1)[2] and others were in friendly matches. He gave a red card in friendly match in 1935 between Hungary-Austria (6:3) to home team footballer Pál Titkos in 88th minute.[3] He also attributed 4 matches in Central European International Cup in 1931 and 1934-1935 editions and 1937 Eduard Benes Cup Romania-Czechoslovakia (1:1) match which all were friendly matches.[4]

In club football he officiated two Mitropa Cup matches in 1931 and 1936 editions which all of them were final matches.[5]

Below are his important matches where he officiated:[6]

Date Match Team1 Score Score Team2
27 May 1934 WC 1934 Round of 16 Hungary 4 2 Egypt
31 May 1934 WC 1934 Quarter final Germany 2 1 Sweden
3 Jun. 1934 WC 1934 Semi final Czechoslovakia 3 1 Germany
6 Aug. 1936 OG 1936 First Round Peru 7 3 Finland
7 Nov. 1937 WC 1938 Qualification Bulgaria 1 1 Czechoslovakia
3 Apr. 1938 WC 1938 Qualification Yugoslavia 1 0 Poland
12 Jun. 1938 WC 1938 Quarter final Hungary 2 0 Switzerland

References and notes

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  1. ^ Profil of referee
  2. ^ Referee's competitive matches
  3. ^ HUN-AUT 6:3
  4. ^ European International Cup matches
  5. ^ Mitopa Cup matches
  6. ^ "Rinaldo Barlassina, international football referee". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
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