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Juan Pablo Belatti

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Juan Pablo Belatti
Born (1979-04-15) 15 April 1979 (age 47)
Saladillo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Other occupation Physical education teacher
Domestic
Years League Role
2008–present Argentine Primera División
International
Years League Role
2011–present FIFA listed
  • Assistant referee

Juan Pablo Belatti (born 15 April 1979[1]) is an Argentine football assistant referee who is the most active assistant referee in FIFA World Cup editions, having taken part in Brazil 2014, Russia 2018, and Qatar 2022; he was also selected for the 2026 edition in North America.[2]

Belatti was one of the assistant referees in the final of Russia 2018.

Career

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National

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Belatti was born in Saladillo, Buenos Aires,[3] in April 1979, the son of a Luis Belatti and his wife Cristina,[4] Belatti has an older brother and a younger sister.[1] The family moved from Saladillo to La Plata when Belatti was less than two years old, growing up in the neighborhood of Tolosa.[2][1] He began his football career as a player, initially as a right-back and later as a left-back, a position he held until a serious fracture in his right leg forced him to retire.[1] In 2001, Belatti began his refereeing course, which was certified by the Argentine Football Association in 2003.[1][3] Belatti made his debut in the Primera División in 2008 at the Estadio Diego Armando Maradona in a match between Argentinos Juniors and Newell's Old Boys.[1] He has also refereed in Superclásico matches between Boca Juniors and River Plate.[3]

International

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Belatti became international in 2011, when he made his debut in the Copa Libertadores in a match between CA Independiente and Godoy Cruz.[1] His most prominent performances include the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil,[5] the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia,[6] as well as two editions of Copa América: Chile 2015 and Brazil 2019.[7][8] Outside CONMEBOL, Belatti took part in the UEFA Euro 2020, accompanying referee Fernando Rapallini, and in the men's tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[9][10]

FIFA World Cups

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Belatti has a record-breaking participation in the FIFA World Cup, beginning in Brazil 2014 alongside referee Néstor Pitana, with whom he worked again in Russia 2018.[11] In Russia's World Cup, Belatti was assigned as an assistant referee to several matches, including the opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia,[12] a group match between Mexico and Sweden,[13] as well as a round of 16 game between Denmark and Croatia,[14] a quarterfinal between Uruguay and France,[15] and the final between France and Croatia in Moscow.[16]

He took part in Qatar 2022, and his most advanced game was a round of 16 match between Spain and Morocco.[17][18][19] In April 2026, Belatti earned his fourth designation for a FIFA World Cup, being chosen as part of the assistant referees of referee Facundo Tello.[20] Aside from his own record, Belatti is part of a record-breaking group of Argentine officials at the World Cup, which includes two other referees, Darío Herrera and Yael Falcón, as well as Hernán Mastrangelo as a video assistant referee.[21][20]

Personal life

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Belatti resides in La Plata and is married to his wife Adriana, with whom he has three children: Francisco, Lucrecia, and Atilio.[1] He is a physical education teacher.[3]

He has taken part in campaigns against gender violence against women, working with a politician from Córdoba Province that he met in December 2008 during a football trip.[3] A referee who worked with Belatti, Patricio Loustau, said that Belatti did not take off a white bracelet that this woman gave to him, wearing it for two years.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "La historia del saladillense Juan Pablo Belatti, quien será juez de línea en la final del mundial de fútbol 2018.-". Convergencias (in Spanish). 14 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "El oriundo de Saladillo Juan P. Belatti marcará un récord en el próximo Mundial". ABC Saladillo (in Spanish). 10 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Medrano Abdeneve, Marisa (1 February 2014). "Belatti, un juez comprometido que representará a Argentina en el Mundial". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  4. ↑ Goñi, Ignacio (9 September 2024). "Fútbol: emotivo homenaje al árbitro Belatti por sus 50 años como árbitro". Info Saladillo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  5. ↑ "Abal dirigirá en la Copa Confederaciones". El Día (in Spanish). 14 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Pitana, Maidana y Belatti estarán en la Copa Confederaciones". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 27 April 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Los 39 árbitros de la Copa América – Chile 2015". CONMEBOL (in Spanish). 23 May 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  8. ↑ "Copa América: Pitana, Belatti y Maidana al partido inaugural". Infocielo (in Spanish). 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Un árbitro argentino será el primer no europeo en dirigir un partido de la Eurocopa". La Capital (in Spanish). 15 June 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Pitana, Maidana y Belatti estarán en Río de Janeiro 2016". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 9 July 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Pitana sacó pasaje a Brasil". Página 12 (in Spanish). 16 January 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  12. ↑ D'Amelio, Adrián (13 June 2018). "Juan Pablo Belatti, un platense en la inauguración del Mundial". El Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "El árbitro argentino Néstor Pitana dirigirá el México contra Suecia". ESPN (in Spanish). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Rusia 2018: Croacia venció a Dinamarca por penales y será rival de Rusia en cuartos de final". Montevideo Noticias (in Spanish). 1 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "Se terminó el sueño de Uruguay: Francia le ganó y pasó a la semifinal del Mundial". Todo Noticias (in Spanish). 5 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  16. ↑ "Argentina's Nestor Pitana to referee World Cup final". France 24. 12 July 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  17. ↑ "Fernando Rapallini será el árbitro de Marruecos-España, en los octavos de final de Qatar 2022". ESPN Argentina (in Spanish). 4 December 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  18. ↑ "Los árbitros argentinos también pasaron a octavos: Rapallini dirigirá España - Marruecos". Corta (in Spanish). 4 December 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  19. ↑ "Histórico: seis árbitras fueron seleccionadas para dirigir en el Mundial de Qatar". La Voz del Interior (in Spanish). 19 May 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  20. 1 2 Scime, Miguel (9 April 2026). "Histórico: tres árbitros representarán al fútbol argentino en el Mundial 2026". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  21. ↑ "Récord: los tres árbitros argentinos que dirigirán en el Mundial". Televisión Pública (in Spanish). 9 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
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