Javier Castrilli

Javier Castrilli (born May 22, 1957) is a former football referee from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He worked as a referee from 1980 to 1998, earning the nickname El Sheriff due to his character and decisions on the field by strictly imposing the rules of the game. He was a referee in the 1998 World Cup held in France.

Castrilli entered politics and is director the Argentine Ministry of Internal Affairs' program of security at football events (ProSEF). He is currently running for mayor of Buenos Aires.

External links

(Spanish) Biography at La voz del Interior newspaper (in Spanish)

Referees at the 1998 FIFA World Cup

AFC	Ali Bujsaim Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid Pirom Un-prasert Masayoshi Okada

CAF	Gamal Al-Ghandour Said Belqola Lucien Bouchardeau Lim Kee Chong Ian McLeod

CONCACAF	Arturo Brizio Carter Esfandiar Baharmast Ramesh Ramdhan

CONMEBOL	Epifanio González Javier Castrilli Márcio Rezende Mario Sánchez Yanten Alberto Tejada John Toro Rendón

OFC	Eddie Lennie

UEFA	José García Aranda Marc Batta Günter Benkö Pierluigi Collina Hugh Dallas Bernd Heynemann Urs Meier Vítor Melo Pereira Kim Milton Nielsen Rune Pedersen László Vágner Mario van der Ende Paul Durkin Nikolai Levnikov Ryszard Wójcik

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