# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sergio-gonella
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:17:52.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sergio-gonella"
name: "Sergio Gonella"
slug: "sergio-gonella"
description: "Sergio Gonella was an Italian bank manager and association football referee.\nHe was the first ever Italian appointed to referee the final of the FIFA World Cup which occurred when he took charge of the 1978 final between hosts Argentina and the Netherlands.\nHe is one of only two persons to have refereed the finals of both the UEFA European Championship and the FIFA World Cup.\nIn 2013, he was inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Italian footballer (1933-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sergio_Gonella_1975.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
birthDate: "1933-05-23"
deathDate: "2018-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           16.947096
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump