# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mauricio-espinosa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:01:27.926Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mauricio-espinosa"
name: "Mauricio Espinosa"
slug: "mauricio-espinosa"
description: "Mauricio Espinosa Rodríguez was a Uruguayan football referee who participated in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He gained publicity during the Round of 16 match between Germany and England, when he ruled that England midfielder Frank Lampard's strike did not cross the goal line, although television coverage clearly indicated the opposite."
tagline: "Uruguayan football referee"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1972-05-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.47
  momentum:             24.54954954954955
  historical:           5.274478666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio_Espinosa"
    title: "Mauricio Espinosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "ماوريسيو إسبينوسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "ماوريسيو اسبينوسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio_Espinosa"
    title: "Mauricio Espinosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio_Espinosa"
    title: "Mauricio Espinosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauricio_Espinosa"
    title: "Mauricio Espinosa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q610721"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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