# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-rion
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:46:17.067Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-rion"
name: "Francis Rion"
slug: "francis-rion"
description: "Francis Rion was a Belgian football referee. He was an international referee until 1981 and notably officiated the 1978 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal between Italy and Austria, a 1 to 0 victory for the Italians."
tagline: "Belgian association football referee"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Francis-rion.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1933-06-10"
deathDate: "2022-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.37
  momentum:             16.71875
  historical:           4.6027
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rion"
    title: "Francis Rion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rion"
    title: "Francis Rion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rion"
    title: "Francis Rion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rion"
    title: "Francis Rion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%B3_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فرانسس ریون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1003426"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump