Personal information
Born in Venice on 25 September 1953
Degree in Economics and Business from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Professional profile
Enjoyed a distinguished career as a bank executive.
Sporting career
- Came up through the youth ranks of Reyer Venezia
- Began his career as a basketball referee at the age of 16
- Refereed in Serie A for 22 seasons, officiating 596 games and 9 championship finals
- Regarded as one of the leading figures of the prestigious Venetian school of refereeing
- Officiated a great many international games: World Championships, Olympic Games, European Championships, European club cups, EuroLeague
- 2005 – Appointed Referee Commissioner for FIBA and ULEB
- 2005–2007 – Vice-President of the Comitato Italiano Arbitri (Italian Referees’ Committee)
- 2006–2014 – Member of the FIBA Europe Technical Commission
- 2017–2019 – President of CIA Veneto
- Consultant for referee appointments in Lega 2
- Since 2005 – Serie A Referee Observer (FIP)
Awards and honours
- Reverberi Award (1991–1992)
- Martiradonna Award (1992)
- Anaib Award (1993)
- Oscar del Basket (1994)
- USAP Best Referee (2003)
- Panathlon Fair Play Award (2005 and 2018)
- FIP and FIBA Honorary Referee
- Inducted into the FIP “Hall of Fame” (2013)