Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa was born on 9 March 1968 and is a retired FIFA football referee from Uruguay who has officiated at international matches since 1998.
17 Facts About Jorge Larrionda
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Jorge Larrionda officiated at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he took charge of four matches, including a semifinal between Portugal and France.
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Jorge Larrionda is known as a strict referee who shows a high number of cards.
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Jorge Larrionda was selected as a referee for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but was suspended for six months by the Uruguayan Football Association two days after his selection, and was dropped from the list of referees.
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Jorge Larrionda officiated over a 2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier held 13 October 2004 between Brazil and Colombia at Maceio, Brazil.
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Jorge Larrionda was selected as a referee for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup.
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Jorge Larrionda issued four yellow cards in the match, two to each side, as well as a straight red to the USA's Michael Bradley late in the game.
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Jorge Larrionda refereed the second leg of the two legged playoff between Bahrain and New Zealand, in Wellington.
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Jorge Larrionda was selected again to officiate for the 2006 World Cup.
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Jorge Larrionda became the fourth referee to send off three players in a single World Cup finals match, after sending off Italy's Daniele De Rossi for an elbow to the cheek of Brian McBride, United States' Pablo Mastroeni for a two-footed tackle, and Eddie Pope for a late tackle which saw Pope receive his second yellow card.
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In total for the match, Jorge Larrionda issued four yellow and three red cards; all but one of the cards were issued during the first 47 minutes of the match.
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Jorge Larrionda was chosen to officiate another group-stage match, between France and Togo.
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Jorge Larrionda officiated the France-Portugal semi-final match on 5 July 2006.
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Jorge Larrionda gave out only two yellow cards in the match.
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Jorge Larrionda booked Carvalho in the 83rd minute and Louis Saha of France in the 87th.
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Jorge Larrionda was selected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
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Jorge Larrionda failed to award a goal when a shot from Frank Lampard came off of the crossbar and crossed the goal line.