Sergio Villagra

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Sergio Rodrigo Villagra (born 11 October 1973) is an Australian rules football goal umpire who has officiated in the Australian Football League since 2002. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Villagra immigrated to Australia with his family from Chile during the Pinochet regime. The family settled in the west of Sydney. [2]

Umpiring

After watching his first Australian Football League match, between the Sydney Swans and Fremantle at the Sydney Cricket Ground, in 1995 he developed a fascination with the goal umpires, who at the time wore white hats. [2]

In 1999 he decided to become a goal umpire, joining one of his local leagues. [2] By the 2002 AFL season he had joined the AFL umpiring panel. In Round 4, 2002 he made his AFL umpiring debut at the Sydney Cricket Ground in a match between the Sydney Swans and the Kangaroos. [1]

As of Round 19 of the 2009 AFL season he had umpired in 79 AFL matches. [4]

Villagra has twice been awarded the Michael Heinrichs Award for best goal umpire by the New South Wales Australian Football Umpires Association. [5] He has officiated in over 100 senior matches in the Sydney AFL competition. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Umpire Profiles – Sergio Villagra". AFL Umpires Association. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Ker, Peter (7 May 2003). "In the hot spot, it's certainly not Chile". The Age. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Complete Members Register T-Z". AFL Umpires Association. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Umpire Statistics 2009". AFL Umpires Association. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Award Winners". New South Wales Australian Football Umpires Association. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  6. ↑ "Centenary Club". New South Wales Australian Football Umpires Association. Retrieved 4 May 2012.


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