 Di Bello (center) in 2021 | |||
| Born | 12 August 1981 Brindisi, Italy | ||
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| Other occupation | Banker | ||
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2011– | Serie B | Referee | |
| 2012– | Serie A | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2018– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Marco Di Bello (born 12 July 1981) is an Italian football referee who officiates in Serie A. He has been a FIFA referee since 2018, and is ranked as a UEFA first category referee. [1]
In 2011, Di Bello began officiating in Serie B, before being promoted to Serie A the following year. He officiated his first match in Serie A on 12 April 2012 between Bologna and Cagliari. [2] In 2018, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first UEFA competition match on 19 July 2018, a meeting between Israeli club Beitar Jerusalem and Georgian club Chikhura Sachkhere in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. [3] He officiated his first senior international match on 11 June 2019 between Russia and Cyprus in UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying. [4] On 9 June 2019, he served as the assistant video assistant referee for the third place play-off of the 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals between Switzerland and England. [5] Later that year, he was appointed as a video assistant referee for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil. [6]
On 21 April 2021, Di Bello was selected as a video assistant referee for UEFA Euro 2020, to be held across Europe in June and July 2021. [7] [8] After Lazio - AC Milan on 1/3/2024, he gifted 3 Lazio players a red card, and was banned for 1 month in the Serie A, after this disastrous game.
Di Bello was born in Brindisi, and works at a credit institution. He is married and has two children. [9]
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