Tullio Lanese (10 January 1947 – 1 March 2025) was an Italian
football referee and a president of the Italian Referees Association, the AIA.
Referee
From 1987 to 1992
Lanese held the qualification of international referee, officiating in a total of 38 matches, including some matches of the final phase of the
1990 World Cup
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in Italy: Brazil-Sweden 2–1 in Turin, Uruguay-South Korea 1–0 in Udine and the last 16 encounter Cameroon-Colombia (2–1 after extra time) in Naples. He also refereed the
European Cup final in
1991
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and the semi-final between
Sweden
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and
Germany
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at the
1992 European Championships.
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"Germany - International Results - Details 1990-1999"
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The Calciopoli scandal
As a result of the
2006 Italian football scandal, Lanese resigned as president of the AIA; at the end of the legal process he was sentenced by the Federal Court to prohibition for two years and six months, the sentence was reduced by the Chamber of Conciliation and Arbitration of
CONI
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to one year, being replaced by Luigi Agnolin, as Extraordinary Commissioner.
The Naples prosecutor asked for the indictment of Lanese under the charge of criminal association aimed at sports fraud, and the trial was concluded at first instance with a sentence of two years of imprisonment.
On 5 December 2012, the fourth section of the Court of Appeal of Naples overturned the sentence of first instance acquitting him.
On 17 October 2012, the Court of Auditors sentenced Lanese, together with the referees involved in the scandal, to compensate the
Italian Football Federation
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on charges of damage to their image. The former referee would have to pay €500,000.
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On 24 March 2015, the prosecution's appeal against the plaintiff's acquittal was declared inadmissible in the Supreme Court.
Outside of football
In 2008 he was nominated by the UDC for the regional elections in Sicily, but was not elected.
On 1 March 2025, Tullio died in Messina at the age of 78.
Messina, addio all’ex arbitro Tullio Lanese
References
External links
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Profile
1947 births
2025 deaths
Sportspeople from Messina
Italian police officers
Italian football referees
1990 FIFA World Cup referees
UEFA Euro 1992 referees
Olympic football referees
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