Juan Francisco Escobar

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Juan Francisco Escobar
Full name Juan Francisco Escobar
Born (1949-01-31) 31 January 1949 (age 75)
Paraguay
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
Paraguayan Primera División Referee
International
YearsLeagueRole
1985–1994 FIFA listed Referee

Juan Francisco Escobar (born January 31, 1949) is a former Paraguayan football referee.

A former FIFA referee, Escobar supervised matches during the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, [1] the 1992 Olympic tournament, [2] and the 1991 [3] and 1993 Copa América [4] tournaments. He also served as a referee in qualifying matches for the 1986 [5] and 1994 [4] World Cups.

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References

  1. FIFA. "Match Report - Hungary - Tunisia 2:1 (0:0)" Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine . 26 August 1985. Retrieved on 29 April 2013.
  2. FIFA. "Match Report - Poland - Kuwait 2:0 (1:0)" Archived 2013-02-14 at the Wayback Machine . 24 July 1992. Retrieved on 29 April 2013.
  3. Tabeira, Martín. "Copa América 1991". RSSSF , 20 July 2010. Retrieved on 29 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 Tabeira, Martín. "Uruguay - International Matches 1991-1995" Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine . RSSSF , 15 November 2012. Retrieved on 29 April 2013.
  5. FIFA. "Match Report - Ecuador - Uruguay 0:2 (0:0)". 31 March 1985. Retrieved on 29 April 2013.