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Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Summary

Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto wnˈdjano maˈʎeŋko]; born 6 October 1973) is a retired Spanish football referee. He was a full international referee for FIFA from 2004 to 2019. Undiano is also a part-time sociologist.

Alberto Undiano
Full name Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Born (1973-10-08) 8 October 1973 (age 50)
Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Other occupation Sociologist
Domestic
Years League Role
2000–2019 La Liga Referee
International
Years League Role
2004–2019 FIFA listed Referee

Career edit

Mallenco was born in Pamplona.

Club edit

On 8 May 2019, Mallenco refereed the 2018–19 Armenian Cup between Alashkert and Lori.[1][2]

He refereed in La Liga from 2000 to 2019.

International edit

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup edit

Undiano was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the match between Canada and Chile on 1 July 2007. He also refereed the final match between Argentina and Czech Republic on 23 July 2007.

2010 FIFA World Cup edit

Undiano was selected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was the only Spanish referee at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.[3] The group stage game between Germany and Serbia resulted in a 1–0 win for Serbia. Undiano gave a second yellow card to German player Miroslav Klose in the 36th minute, thus resulting in a red card. In the 59th minute Nemanja Vidić received a yellow card for handball, also resulting in a penalty. Undiano awarded yellow cards to Klose (2), Branislav Ivanović, Aleksandar Kolarov, Sami Khedira, Philipp Lahm, Neven Subotić, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Nemanja Vidić – a total of nine yellow cards.[4][5]

Nations League edit

He refereed the 2019 UEFA Nations League Final. It was his last game as a professional referee.[citation needed]

Honours edit

See also edit

Sporting positions
  Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Preceded by
none
 2019 UEFA Nations League Final Referee Succeeded by

References edit

  1. ^ "FC ALASHKERT - LORI FC". ffa.am/. Football Federation Armenia. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "ALASHKERT 1-0 LORI". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. ^ Exclusives (17 April 2010). "Exclusive: Alberto Undiano Mallenco, World Cup referee, on video evidence, Africa, & love of the game". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Germany vs Serbia in World Cup 2010 - Football". Football-lineups.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  5. ^ "Football - Match World Cup : Germany vs. Serbia". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 June 2010.

External links edit

  • Alberto Undiano at FIFA U-20 World Cup at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 June 2017)
  • Alberto Undiano referee profile at Soccerway
  • Alberto Undiano referee profile at EU-Football.info  
  • Alberto Undiano referee profile at WorldFootball.net  
  • Alberto Undiano refereeing career statistics at Soccerbase  
  • Alberto Undiano at WorldReferee.com