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Facundo Raúl Tello Figueroa (born on 4 May 1982) is an Argentine football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2019. He has been officiating the highest division of Argentine football league since 2013. On 19 May 2022 FIFA announced the 2022 FIFA World Cup's referee list, where Tello was chosen. In April 2024, Tello was announced as a referee for UEFA Euro 2024.
Biography
Facundo Tello was born in Bahía Blanca, in the Buenos Aires Province on 4 May 1982.
Career
Tello debuted in the highest category of Argentine football with only four matches in the second division, where he officiated the Godoy Cruz and Vélez Sarsfield match, on the fourteenth date of the 2013 Final Tournament.
Tello, who belongs to the Bahiense Association of Referees, made his first steps in tournaments of the Argentine Soccer Association from 2011, when he debuted in the then Argentine Tournament A.
As he was settled in the first division, Tello officiated the first summer superclassic of 2018, with the Millionaires victory 1–0. That same year, he was summoned to officiate in the return final that defined the second promotion to the 2018-2019 Super League, between San Martín de Tucumán and Sarmiento with a 5–1 victory for San Martín de Tucumán.
In 2019, Tello entered the roster of international referees for FIFA as he was appointed by Conmebol as a 4th official for the South American U-20 Championship in Chile along with his colleagues Fernando Rapallini, Ezequiel Brailosky and Gabriel Chade., becoming the first Bahia collegiate to achieve this distinction.
He was one of the appointed referees to officiate the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup, as he was summoned to officiate the match between Jordan and Morocco. On 6 November 2022, Tello refereed Argentina's Champions Trophy final between Boca Juniors and Racing Club, where he brandished ten red cards (seven red cards to Boca and three to Racing).
References
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- Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2026 (CONMEBOL)
- Piala Dunia FIFA 2022
- Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2024
- Grup F Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2024
- Grup A Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2024
- Piala Arab FIFA 2021
- Statistik Kejuaraan Eropa UEFA 2024
- Kualifikasi Piala Dunia FIFA 2022 (CONMEBOL)
- Babak kualifikasi Copa Libertadores 2023
- Grup B Copa América 2021
- Facundo Tello
- 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
- 2024 Copa Libertadores final stages
- 2024 Copa Libertadores final
- 2021 FIFA Arab Cup
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
- Facundo (given name)
- 2024 Recopa Sudamericana
- Portugal at the FIFA World Cup
- UEFA Euro 2024