Germán Delfino (born 4 May 1978) is an Argentine
football
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referee
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, who officiates primarily in the
Argentine Primera División
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since 2010, as well as for
FIFA
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as a
FIFA international referee since 2012 until 2019.
As international referee, he had taken charge of matches in the
Copa Libertadores
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and
Copa Sudamericana
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,
international friendly matches and
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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s.
Refereeing career
In 2010 Delfino, was promoted to the Primera División referees crew, being his first game in the top tier of Argentinian football on 9 October 2010 when he took charge of a 1–1 draw between Huracán de Parque Patricios and All Boys. He is part of the Asociación Argentina de Árbitros (in English: ''Argentine Referees Association''), where he lost the 2013 Union Elections.
After a successful 2012, in 2013, Delfino took part in the second leg of the Argentine most important match, the ''
Superclásico
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''. The first game, played on 3 May 2013, ended with a 1–1 draw at
La Bombonera
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. The second one, played on October at the
Monumental, ended with a 1–0 to Boca Juniors, who won after a goal scored by
Gigliotti in the first half.
;First international match
Delfino's first international game was at
La Serena, Chile, in January 2013, when
Chile
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hosted
Senegal
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in a
friendly match
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. It ended 2–1 to the Home team. During the match, he showed seven yellow cards, and two red ones (both for the African team).
International ''
Superclásico
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'' games
In 2014, he took charge of one of the
2014 Copa Sudamericana Semi-finals, where Boca Juniors and River Plate disputed the second leg, won by River 1–0 (1–0 on the aggregate). One year later, Delfino officiated the
2015 Copa Libertadores Round of 16, between the two biggest teams of the country.
2015 Recopa Sudamericana Final
He took charge of the
2015 Recopa Sudamericana Final first leg, between San Lorenzo and River, with a 1–0 favour to the second team, who won with a
Sánchez
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Historical origins
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goal. In the match, he sent off
Leandro Romagnoli, from San Lorenzo, at 87'.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Delfino, German
1978 births
Living people
Argentine football referees