Medina Cantalejo, the chosen one as president of the referees

It will be today Monday when the change in the presidency of the Referees Technical Committee. Velasco Carballo will be replaced by Luis Medina Cantalejo at the head of professional and amateur Spanish arbitration.

The former Sevillian international referee is one of the most important referees in the history of Spanish and Andalusian football. In this case, together with the international Malaga player Antonio Jesus Lopez grandson, until last July responsible for the arbitration of the League and that he resigned when he was appointed president of the Unicaja of basketball.

Luis Medina has held the presidency of the Andalusian Referees Committee, since the arrival to the presidency of Pablo Lozano as president of the Andalusian Federation of Referees.

Luis Medina He was active for eleven years in the highest category of Spanish arbitration. Debuted in a Real Sociedad-Oviedo disputed on August 30, 1998. At the national level he was designated to whistle the final of the Copa del Rey twice. The first was the one that faced Spanish and Zaragoza from the 2005-2006 season. The second was the season of his retirement where he was appointed to the Football Club Barcelona – Athletic. He has also called two Spanish Super Cups: Real Madrid- Valencia and Real Madrid- Mallorca.

Among the many matches conducted at the national level, the Football Club Barcelona was in charge of whistling at the Camp Nou, which meant the return of Luis Figo to Barcelona after his signing for the Whites. A match made famous by the suckling pig’s head thrown from the stands. Only Spanish referee in a final of a world.

His international career is also very considerable and one of the most important in the history of Spanish arbitration. In 2006 he was appointed as the Spanish referee for the World Cup in Germany after FIFA excluded Enrique Mejuto González for not passing the physical tests one of his assistants. World Cup where he whistled four games as the main referee. No other Spanish referee has called so many matches in the same World Cup event. But he was also appointed fourth referee of the final of that World Cup event that faced France e Italy. Quote that has gone down in history because of Zidane’s famous header at Materazzi. It was the Andalusian referee himself who notified the referee Horacio Helizondo of this situation over the intercom, which led to the expulsion of the French player in the 110th minute of the game. What’s more Luis Medina was designated to whistle the 2008-2009 UEFA Cup final, also in the year of his retirement, which faced Shakhtar Donetsk and Werder Bremen in Istanbul

Has already worked on the CTA

It is not the first time that Luis Medina works at the CTA. Once he ended his arbitration career, where he spent ten years, the last season also as Director of the Technical Commission of the arbitration institution with Velasco Carballo as president until he assumed the reins of the Andalusian Committee.

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