Alberto Undiano Mallenco

Spanish football referee

Alberto Undiano
Domestic

Full name	Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Born	(1973-10-08) 8 October 1973 (age 50) Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Other occupation	Sociologist
Years	League	Role
2000–2019	La Liga	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
2004–2019	FIFA listed	Referee

Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾto wnˈdjano maˈʎeŋko]; born 6 October 1973) is a retired Spanish football referee. He was a full international referee for FIFA from 2004 to 2019. Undiano is also a part-time sociologist.

Career

Mallenco was born in Pamplona.

Club

On 8 May 2019, Mallenco refereed the 2018–19 Armenian Cup between Alashkert and Lori.^[1]^[2]

He refereed in La Liga from 2000 to 2019.

International

2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Undiano was selected as a referee for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada, where he refereed the match between Canada and Chile on 1 July 2007. He also refereed the final match between Argentina and Czech Republic on 23 July 2007.

2010 FIFA World Cup

Undiano was selected as a referee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. He was the only Spanish referee at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[3] The group stage game between Germany and Serbia resulted in a 1–0 win for Serbia. Undiano gave a second yellow card to German player Miroslav Klose in the 36th minute, thus resulting in a red card. In the 59th minute Nemanja Vidić received a yellow card for handball, also resulting in a penalty. Undiano awarded yellow cards to Klose (2), Branislav Ivanović, Aleksandar Kolarov, Sami Khedira, Philipp Lahm, Neven Subotić, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Nemanja Vidić – a total of nine yellow cards.^[4]^[5]

Nations League

He refereed the 2019 UEFA Nations League Final. It was his last game as a professional referee.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Don Balón Award (Best Spanish Referee) : 2005 and 2007

Sporting positions Alberto Undiano Mallenco
Preceded by none	2019 UEFA Nations League Final Referee	Succeeded by Anthony Taylor

References

^ "FC ALASHKERT - LORI FC". ffa.am/. Football Federation Armenia. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ "ALASHKERT 1-0 LORI". soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
^ Exclusives (17 April 2010). "Exclusive: Alberto Undiano Mallenco, World Cup referee, on video evidence, Africa, & love of the game". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
^ "Germany vs Serbia in World Cup 2010 - Football". Football-lineups.com. Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
^ "Football - Match World Cup : Germany vs. Serbia". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 18 June 2010.

External links

Alberto Undiano at FIFA U-20 World Cup at the Wayback Machine (archived 14 June 2017)
Alberto Undiano referee profile at Soccerway
Alberto Undiano referee profile at EU-Football.info
Alberto Undiano referee profile at WorldFootball.net
Alberto Undiano refereeing career statistics at Soccerbase
Alberto Undiano at WorldReferee.com