Marco Antonio Rodríguez

For the Bolivian racewalker, see Marco Antonio Rodríguez (racewalker). For the Mexican politician, see Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez.
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Rodríguez and the second or maternal family name is Moreno.
Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Rodríguez officiating a match between Tijuana and Atlas in 2012.
Full name Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno
Born (1973-11-10) November 10, 1973
Mexico City, Mexico
Domestic
Years League Role
1997–2014 Primera División Referee
International
Years League Role
2000–2014 FIFA listed Referee

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno (born November 10, 1973 in Mexico City) is a former[1] Mexican football referee.

Career

An international referee since 2000, Rodríguez has been selected for three FIFA World Cups. In the 2006 tournament in Germany, he refereed the England vs Paraguay match and the Côte d'Ivoire vs Serbia and Montenegro match, where he sent off Cyril Domoraud and Albert Nađ. In the 2010 tournament in South Africa, Rodríguez was match referee for the first group match between Australia and Germany, where he gave a straight red card to Australian striker Tim Cahill. He also sent off Chile's Marco Estrada during the group stage encounter between Chile and Spain.[2]

He was selected for the 2014 tournament in Brazil,[3] in which he took charge of 3 games including the semifinal between Germany and Brazil, after which he announced his retirement.[1] He refereed Uruguay verse Italy during the group stage.[4] The game would finish 1–0 to Uruguay as they qualified for the knockout stage and eliminated Italy.[5][6][7]

In Mexico, Rodríguez developed a reputation of not being afraid to show many yellow and red cards.[8] He was suspended for 5 games by the Mexican Federation after an incident during the Apertura 2011 final between Tigres and Santos Laguna when he showed 2 yellow cards at the same time to Héctor Mancilla and Carlos Adrián Morales respectively which is against the laws of the game since referees are only allowed to bring only one yellow and red card to the game.[9] During the 2014 Copa Libertadores game between Atlético Nacional and Nacional, he gave the quickest red card in the history of the competition when he sent off Alejandro Bernal from Atlético Nacional after 27 seconds into the game for a harsh tackle.[10]

Personal life

He had the nickname "Chiquidrácula" in reference to his resemblance to a Mexican TV character of child Count Dracula, portrayed by Carlos Espejel.[11] More recently he asked to not be called "Chiquidrácula", but rather "Chiquimarco" instead in reference to his Christian faith.[12]

A former sports professor, he now serves as a Protestant priest outside of his activity as a referee.[13]

World Cup matches officiated

TournamentDateVenueRoundTeam 1ResultTeam 2
Germany 2006June 10Commerzbank-Arena, FrankfurtFirst Round England1–0 Paraguay
Germany 2006June 21Allianz Arena, MunichFirst Round Ivory Coast3–2 Serbia and Montenegro
South Africa 2010June 13Moses Mabhida Stadium, DurbanFirst Round Germany4–0 Australia
South Africa 2010June 25Loftus Versfeld Stadium, PretoriaFirst Round Spain2–1 Chile
Brazil 2014June 17Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteFirst Round Belgium2–1 Algeria
Brazil 2014June 24Arena das Dunas, NatalFirst Round Italy0–1 Uruguay
Brazil 2014July 8Estádio Mineirão, Belo HorizonteSemi-finals Brazil1–7 Germany

References

  1. 1 2 http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/2135683/el-mexicano-marco-antonio-rodriguez-anuncia-que-se-retira-del-arbitraje
  2. ↑ Fox Sports: (2014-05-21). "Chile helps cement South American dominance at 2010 World Cup". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
  3. ↑ "Referees & assistant referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup" (PDF). FIFA.com (Fédération Internationale de Football Association).
  4. ↑ Luis Herrera. "Italy - Uruguay Preview: Guaranteed exit for a former world champion". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  5. ↑ De Menezes, Jack (24 June 2014). "Luis Suarez bite: Uruguay striker accused of biting Giorgio Chiellini in latest controversy during World Cup clash". The Independent. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Suarez at centre of new biting row as Uruguay progress". ESPN. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  7. ↑ Ogden, Mark (24 June 2014). "Italy 0 Uruguay 1". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Cristian dice: (2009-01-15). "Marco Antonio Rodríguez vuelve a pitar un Mundial | Palco Deportivo". Palcodeportivo.mx. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  9. ↑ http://www.marca.com/2012/01/19/futbol/futbol_internacional/mexico/1327004671.html
  10. ↑ http://www.espn.com.mx/news/story/_/id/2129664/los-10-momentos-del-arbitro-mexicano-chiquimarco-rodriguez
  11. ↑ "¿Por qué le dicen Chiqui Drácula? – Ovación". aldia.cr. Retrieved 2012-10-15.
  12. ↑ http://www.conpoder.net/marco-antonio-rodriguez-famoso-«arbitro-predicador»-internacional-mexicano/
  13. ↑ "The World Cup referees – Part Two". Sporting Index. June 3, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
Preceded by
Guatemala Carlos Batres		 FIFA Club World Cup final match referees
2007
Mexico Marco Rodríguez 		Succeeded by
Uzbekistan Ravshan Irmatov
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