Rinaldo Barlassina (2 May 1898 in Novara, Italy – 23 December 1946 in Bergamo, Italy) was an Italian international football referee.Profil of referee He was one of the first three Italian referees to officiate in the World Cup (with Francesco Mattea and Albino Carraro).
Career He officiated 36 international matches and was FIFA referee in 1931–1942. He attributed 4 matches in 1934 (3) and 1938 (1) World Cup, 1938 World Cup qualifying (2), 1936 Olympic Games (1)Referee's competitive matches and others were in friendly matches. He gave a red card in friendly match in 1935 between Hungary-Austria (6:3) to home team footballer Pál Titkos in 88th minute.HUN-AUT 6:3 He also attributed 4 matches in Central European International Cup in 1931 and 1934-1935 editions and 1937 Eduard Benes Cup Romania-Czechoslovakia (1:1) match which all were friendly matches.European International Cup matches
In club football he officiated two Mitropa Cup matches in 1931 and 1936 editions which all of them were final matches.Mitopa Cup matches
Below are his important matches where he officiated: DateMatchTeam1ScoreScoreTeam227 May 1934WC 1934 Round of 16Hungary42Egypt31 May 1934WC 1934 Quarter finalGermany21Sweden3 Jun. 1934WC 1934 Semi finalCzechoslovakia31Germany6 Aug. 1936OG 1936 First RoundPeru73Finland7 Nov. 1937WC 1938 QualificationBulgaria11Czechoslovakia3 Apr. 1938WC 1938 QualificationYugoslavia10Poland12 Jun. 1938WC 1938 Quarter finalHungary20Switzerland
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