# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/romulo-mendez
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:03:32.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/romulo-mendez"
name: "Rómulo Méndez"
slug: "romulo-mendez"
description: "Rómulo Méndez Molina was a Guatemalan middle-distance runner and later football referee. He was the first Guatemalan referee ever to participate in World Cup finals, refereeing one match in the 1982 World Cup and one match in the 1986 edition. Méndez was born in Cobán on 21 December 1938. He died on 6 January 2022, at the age of 83."
tagline: "Guatemalan football referee (1938–2022)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1938-12-21"
deathDate: "2022-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.95
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.545789333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3mulo_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Rómulo Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88_%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "رومولو مينديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulo_Mendes"
    title: "Romulo Mendes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3mulo_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Rómulo Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3mulo_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Rómulo Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3mulo_M%C3%A9ndez_Molina"
    title: "Rómulo Méndez Molina"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3mulo_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Rómulo Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%B8_%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%BD_%D5%84%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1"
    title: "Ռոմուլո Մենդես Մոլինա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3mulo_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "Rómulo Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Ромуло Мендес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q761876"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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