Piero Maza
Maza in 2018
Full name Piero Daniel Maza Gómez
Born (1984-10-25) 25 October 1984 (age 39)
Santiago, Chile
Domestic
Years League Role
2014– Chilean Primera División Referee
International
Years League Role
2018– FIFA listed Referee
2021– FIFA listed Video official

Piero Daniel Maza Gómez (born 25 October 1984) is a Chilean football referee who officiates in the Chilean Primera División. He has been a FIFA referee since 2018.[1]

Refereeing career

Maza began officiating in the Chilean Primera División during the 2014–15 season. He refereed his first match on 27 July 2014 between Cobresal and Palestino.[2] In 2018, Maza was added to the FIFA International Referees List.[1] He officiated his first CONMEBOL club match that year on 10 April, a Copa Sudamericana fixture between Ecuadorian club LDU Quito and Bolivian club Guabirá.[3] The following month on 24 May, he officiated his first fixture in the Copa Libertadores, a match between Ecuadorian club Emelec and Colombian club Santa Fe.[4] In 2021, Maza was also added as a video match official on the FIFA list.[1]

In November 2018, Maza was appointed as an assistant VAR official for the first leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals between Argentine clubs Boca Juniors and River Plate.[5] The following month, he served in the same role for the second leg of the 2018 Copa Sudamericana Finals between Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense and Colombian club Junior.[6] He again worked as an assistant VAR in the 2019 Copa Libertadores Final between Brazilian club Flamengo and River Plate in November 2019,[7][8] as well as in the second leg of the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana between Flamengo and Ecuadorian club Independiente del Valle.[9] On 4 September 2021, Maza officiated his first major competition final in the 2021 Copa Chile between Colo-Colo and Everton.[10]

Maza has officiated at a number of international tournaments during his career. Prior to becoming a FIFA referee, he was selected as an official for the 2017 South American U-15 Championship in Argentina.[11] In 2019, he was selected as a referee for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship in his home country, where he officiated five matches.[12] Later that year, Maza was selected to participate at the 2019 Copa América in Brazil, where he served as a fourth official and assistant VAR.[13] He was also selected as a video referee for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil.[14] The following year, he was an official at the 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in Colombia,[15] a competition for under-23 teams, where he led three matches.[16]

Maza has also refereed national league matches outside of Chile. On 30 October 2021, he officiated a match in the 2021–22 Saudi Professional League between Al-Fayha and Al-Nassr.[17] In March 2022, he also was the referee in the 2022 Peruvian Liga 1 match between Universidad César Vallejo and Sport Boys.[18]

On 4 April 2022, Maza was fired along with ten other referees by Javier Castrilli, the head of the Chilean football referees committee, as an attempt to give more opportunities to younger referees.[19] However, they were all reinstated days later due to pressure from the referees' union, with Castrilli instead fired by the Football Federation of Chile.[20]

On 30 May 2022, Maza was appointed as a referee for his first senior international match,[16] the 2022 Finalissima between UEFA Euro 2020 winners Italy and 2021 Copa América winners Argentina. His fellow countrymen Christian Schiemann and Claudio Ríos were appointed as his assistant referees.[21][22]

References

  1. ^ a b c "2022 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. 27 January 2022. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Chile » Primera División 2014/2015 Apertura » 2. Round » Cobresal – Palestino 0:1". WorldFootball.net. 27 July 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Copa Sudamericana 2018 » 1. Round » LDU Quito – CD Guabirá 2:1". WorldFootball.net. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Copa Libertadores 2018 » Group 4 » Emelec – Santa Fe 0:3". WorldFootball.net. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  5. ^ "Árbitros para la final ida de la CONMEBOL Libertadores". CONMEBOL.com. 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Designación de árbitros para la final (vuelta)" [Referees for the second leg of the final of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 7 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Roberto Tobar es el árbitro designado para dirigir la final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Sustitución de Árbitro VAR de la final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores 2019" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 19 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Árbitros para el partido de Vuelta". CONMEBOL.com. 5 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Colo Colo venció a Everton y es el bicampeón de la Copa Chile Easy" [Colo Colo beat Everton and is the two-time champion of the Copa Chile Easy]. Chilean Primera División (in Spanish). 4 September 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Comenzó el Torneo Sudamericano" [The South American Tournament started]. Uruguayan Football Association (in Spanish). 5 November 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Cuatro árbitros chilenos dirán presente en el Sudamericano Sub 20" [Four Chilean referees will be present at the South American U-20 Championship]. Al Aire Libre (in Spanish). 30 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Árbitros convocados para la CONMEBOL Copa América – Brasil 2019" [Referees summoned for the CONMEBOL Copa América – Brazil 2019] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  14. ^ "List of Appointed Match Officials FIFA U-17 World Cup Brazil 2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Árbitros convocados para el Preolímpico – Colombia 2020" [Referees appointed for the Pre-Olympic – Colombia 2020] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 December 2019.
  16. ^ a b "Piero Maza » Matches as referee". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  17. ^ "La exótica liga donde dijo presente Piero Maza" [The exotic league where Piero Maza was present]. TNT Sports. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  18. ^ "Peru » Primera División 2022 Apertura » 5. Round » Universidad Cesar Vallejo – Sport Boys 1:1". WorldFootball.net. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  19. ^ Parker, Matías; Barrera, Cristian (4 April 2022). "Terremoto en el arbitraje: Castrilli da de baja a Julio Bascuñán y 10 árbitros más" [Earthquake in refereeing: Castrilli dismisses Julio Bascuñán and 10 more referees]. La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  20. ^ "Denuncia de árbitro deriva en despido de su jefe en Chile" [Referee's complaint leads to the dismissal of his boss in Chile] (in Spanish). Associated Press. 6 April 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Árbitros confirmados para la Finalissima" [Referees confirmed for the Finalissima] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Pablo Pozo: "Piero Maza está bien considerado a nivel internacional"" [Pablo Pozo: "Piero Maza is well regarded internationally"]. ESPN (in Spanish). 31 May 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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