Gianluca Rocchi


Gianluca Rocchi is an Italian association football referee.

Career

Rocchi became a referee in 1990 and officiated in 38 matches in three Serie C seasons starting from 2000. He was later promoted to the higher series, making his debut in U.S. Lecce-Reggina Calcio. In 2010, when the National Referee Committee for Serie A and Serie B split, he was assigned to Serie A's Committee.
He made his international debut on 26 May 2008, in a friendly match between Netherlands and Greece national under-19 football team. He was later called-up for European club cup matches.
He refereed three international matches during the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying, and later was called-up as referee for the Men's football tournament at 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
On 18 August 2013, Rocchi refereed the Supercoppa Italiana Final between Juventus and Lazio.
On 21 May 2016, Rocchi refereed the 2016 Coppa Italia Final between Milan and Juventus.
In April 2017, FIFA announced that Rocchi had been chosen as one of the referees for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
In July 2017, UEFA announced that Rocchi had been chosen to referee the UEFA Super Cup Final between Real Madrid and Manchester United.
On 29 March 2018, FIFA announced that he will officiate some matches at 2018 FIFA World Cup along with Elenito Di Liberatore and Mauro Tonolini as assistant referees.
On 13 May 2019, UEFA announced that Rocchi had been chosen to referee the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final between Chelsea and Arsenal.

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