Juan Gardeazábal

Juan "Juanito" Gardeazábal Garay (27 November 1923 Bilbao, Spain - 21 December 1969)[1] was a Spanish international football referee.[2][3]

Career

He officiated 19 international matches and was member of FIFA in 1953–1969. He attributed seven World Cup matches[4] 1958 (2), 1962 (3) and 1966 (2), two matches in World Cup qualification 1966 (1) and 1970 (1), two matches in EURO qualifying 1960 (1) and 1968 (1)[5] and others were in friendly matches. He is the youngest referee who officiated a World Cup match (1958, he was 24).

Below his World Cup matches that officiated:

№ Date Match Team1 Score Score Team2
1 08.06.1958 WC 1958 Group Paraguay 3 7 France
2 19.06.1958 WC 1958 Quarter final France 4 0 Northern Ireland
3 30.05.1962 WC 1962 Group Argentina 1 0 Bulgaria
4 03.06.1962 WC 1962 Group Bulgaria 1 6 Hungary
5 16.06.1962 WC 1962 3rd place Chile 1 0 Yugoslavia
6 12.07.1966 WC 1966 Group North Korea 0 3 Soviet Union
7 23.07.1966 WC 1966 Quarter final Hungary 1 2 Soviet Union

In club football he officiated some UEFA competition matches such as Champions League (6), UEFA Cup (4) and Cup Winners' Cup (3).[6] He refereed 233 La Liga matches in 1952-69. He also officiated 1967 Intercontinental Cup 1st leg that played between Celtic-Racing Club 1:0.

After his death

After his death, a street was named after him in his home city, Bilbao.[7]

References and notes
  1. "Ha muerto Juan Gardeazábal". abc.es. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. "Profile of referee". worldreferee.com. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  3. "Juanito Gardeazabal, el árbitro más señor". deia.eus. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  4. "GARDEAZABAL, Juan". aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  5. "Referee's competitive matches". eu-football.info. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  6. "Officiated matches in club football". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  7. "Juan Gardeazábal kalea". google.com/maps. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
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