What is Claudio Pieri?
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} '''Claudio Pieri''' (21 October 1940 – 13 July 2018) was an Italian [[Association football|football]] [[referee]]. He was born in [[Pescia]], [[Italy]]. He worked for [[UEFA]] and [[FIFA]]. He was appointed referee in the first leg final of the 1981 [[Coppa Italia]] ([[A.S. Roma|Roma]] - [[Torino F.C.|Torino]]). He was appointed international referee in 1983. On 16 May 1982, he was suspected of favouring [[Juventus]], which was winning its 20th championship, not granting a penalty to [[U.S. Catanzaro 1909|Catanzaro]] for an elbow of [[Sergio Brio]] on [[Carlo Borghi]]. Pieri died on 13 July 2018 in [[Sestri Levante]], Italy at the age of 77.<ref>[https://www.primocanale.it/notizie/lutto-nel-calcio-morto-l-ex-arbitro-internazionale-claudio-pieri-199711.html Lutto nel calcio, morto l'ex arbitro internazionale Claudio Pieri] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Sports-biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pieri, Claudio}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Italian football referees]]