Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Alberto Undiano Mallenco ( born October 8, 1973 in Ansoáin / Pamplona ) is a Spanish football referee, who worked as a referee among others, the football World Cup in 2010.

He has previously conducted 48 international matches and highlights seven penalty, six red cards and 202 yellow cards awarded. In addition to Spanish Mallenco still speaks English. He also led two qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2006, three qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2010 and the playoff game between Costa Rica and Uruguay, which won Uruguay and thus qualified for the World Cup. So far, the Spaniards also launched several games in the UEFA Champions League. The highlight of examination included matches of Chelsea FC, Manchester United, Juventus, Bordeaux or Olympique Lyon.

In addition, he was also at various encounters between U-19, U-20 and U-21 teams in action. In the qualifying matches for Euro 2008, he led the Romania game against Belarus and Poland to Armenia. Also in the Club World Cup 2008, he was deployed and directed the semi-finals against CF Pachuca LDU Quito.

In the U-21 European Championship in Portugal in 2006, he led three games, including the semi-final between France and the Netherlands, which won the Orange 3-2 after extra time. In those three games, he distributed 15 yellow and one yellow card.

At the Junior World Championships 2007 in Canada, he headed for five games, including the final against Argentina, the Czech Republic, the South Americans won 2-1. In this game, he distributed ten yellow cards.

Since the 2000 /01 season, he whistles for regular games of the Spanish Primera División. In his first season he was in 16 games in use and distributed 80 yellow cards, three times a second yellow card and once the red card. Overall, he led over 170 matches in La Liga and spoke out 815 yellow cards, 29 yellow-red and 17 red cards.

With the Football World Cup 2010, he headed on June 18, the group match between Germany and Serbia, where he gave eight yellow cards and a yellow card. For his conduct in this game, he received much criticism from players and sports officials. The online edition of the magazine Der Spiegel wrote: " In the Spanish Primera División he distributed an average of 4.7 Yellow cards per game and a review of the international games of the Spaniard gives the image of an arbitrator in its card consumption increases with the importance of the event. . "

Mallenco launched on 20 April 2011, the final of the Copa del Rey match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. In the Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Real Madrid prevailed 1-0 after extra time.

Inserts at the Football World Cup 2010 in South Africa

  • Group D - June 18, 2010, 13:30 clock: Germany Germany - Serbia Serbia 0:1 ( 0:1)
  • Group G - June 25, 2010, 16:00 clock: North Korea North Korea - Ivory Coast Ivory Coast 0-3 (0-2 )
  • Second round - June 28, 2010, 16:00 clock: Netherlands Netherlands - Slovakia Slovakia 2-1 (1-0 )
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