Chai, I remember when I was a little boy growing up in the city of Port Harcourt, I used to watch matches in our house and this man is always the referee in almost all the...

Chai, I remember when I was a little boy growing up in the city of Port Harcourt, I used to watch matches in our house and this man is always the referee in almost all the matches...I did not know his name back then (somewhere between  2000-2004), but his face was customer. He was very agile on the pitch, he runs with the ball, and sometimes he even runs faster than some players. He commands a lot of respect from players and fans and from what I was seeing in those days on the pitch, you cannot mess with the man.

According to Wikipedia, "Pierluigi Collina is an Italian former football referee. He was named FIFA's "Best Referee of the Year" six consecutive times and is widely considered to be the best football referee of all time."

According to Reece James, he is "The only referee who had the VAR in his eyes. This referee could communicate in 4 languages on the field (French, Spanish, Italian and English). Before each game, he studied the game and the players of the teams he would lead and learned the names of the players. During the 2002 World Cup Final in Japan, Ronaldo gave him his shirt and the ball. The players from Brazil and Germany have congratulated him on his performance. He was ruthless with his cardboard, charismatic and respected. Footballers had huge respect for him and even fear, just by his presence. This is also the only ref who has been on a video game jacket. A true legend."