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Edgardo Codesal was born on 2 June, 1951 in Montevideo, Uruguay, is a Uruguain football referee. Discover Edgardo Codesal's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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72 years old |
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2 June, 1951 |
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2 June |
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Montevideo, Uruguay |
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Uruguay
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Edgardo Codesal Height, Weight & Measurements
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Edgardo Codesal Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Edgardo Codesal worth at the age of 72 years old? Edgardo Codesal’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Uruguay. We have estimated Edgardo Codesal's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Edgardo Codesal Méndez (born 2 June 1951 in Montevideo, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan-Mexican football referee, who led the 1990 World Cup final held in Italy.
His grandfather was from Argentina, and his father, José Maria Codesal, was a referee in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
As a child he remembered his father refereeing.
Edgardo was passionate about football, played in childhood Baby Football teams in the area and in his teens he played as goalkeeper for the Club Atlético Cerro of Montevideo.
He began his career as a referee in Uruguay in 1976.
By 1977 he had his debut match in the Primera División Uruguaya refereeing Cerro vs Huracán.
In 1980, he traveled to Mexico where he had contact with the Mexican Football Federation.
He advanced in his refereeing, starting to referee international matches and finals in Mexico.
In the 83rd minute, Codesal awarded West Germany a penalty kick for a foul by Roberto Sensini against Rudi Völler.
Andreas Brehme converted the penalty kick to give West Germany their third World Cup title.
Codesal became the first referee to send off a player in a final match of a FIFA World Cup, by showing the red card to Argentines Monzón and Dezotti.
Monzón was given a direct red after a tackle on Jürgen Klinsmann.
Dezotti was sent off near the end for a tussle with Jürgen Kohler.
During the final Codesal booked Diego Maradona for dissent.
Codesal represented Mexico, as a CONCACAF referee in the 1990 World Cup.
FIFA observers rated Codesal 8.5 for his refereeing performance at the 1990 World Cup. Codesal had refereed the Italy vs USA match in the first round (group A), won by Italy 1–0.
He refereed the quarter-final between England vs Cameroon, awarding three penalties - one to Cameroon and two to England.
England won 3–2 to move into the semi-finals.
Codesal was credited with keeping control of a potentially difficult match over a period of 120 minutes.
Codesal was appointed for the World Cup Final, which featured Argentina and West Germany.
Codesal retired from refereeing at the top level shortly after the 1990 World Cup.
Among his international posts, Codesal was CONCACAF's director of referees, head of refereeing for the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999, and member of the refereeing committee for the FIFA World U-20 Championship in Nigeria, the Confederations Cup in Mexico and the FIFA World U-17 Championship in New Zealand.
In 2016 he was attacked during a match as a spectator while serving as head of the FMF referees’ commission.
The culprit - Veracruz owner Fidel Kuri was banned for attending matches for 12 months and was fined 146,080 Mexican pesos.
