Paolo Tagliavento

Paolo Tagliavento (; born 19 September 1972) is a former Italian association football referee officiated in the Serie A and UEFA competitions; namely the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Career Club Tagliavento began refereeing in Serie A in 2004, officiating over 200 matches in his fourteen year career. In the Serie B he notched up over 80 games, whilst he also officiated Coppa Italia matches, as well as a relegation match in 2009.

On 8 December 2010, Tagliavento debuted as a referee in the UEFA Champions League, in a match between Arsenal and Partizan. He would go on to officiate over 20 additional Champions League games.

Tagliavento retired from refereeing on 30 May 2018.

On 3 July 2018, Tagliavento was named club manager of Ternana. After having been promoted to vice-chairman, on 18 June 2023 Tagliavento was named new Ternana chairman, following the election of club owner and chairman Stefano Bandecchi as mayor of Terni. He left the club a month later, after the club was sold to entrepreneur Nicola Guida.

International Tagliavento officiated international friendlies, U-21 European qualifiers, as well as FIFA World Cup qualification matches in Europe. He was also a referee at the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

International matches officiated

DateHomeAwayResultCompetition 8 September 2007 Northern Ireland Germany 0–3 2009 UEFA U-21 Championship qualification 7 February 2008 Turkey Sweden 0–0 Friendly 11 September 2008 Lithuania Austria 2–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 16 October 2008 France Germany 0–1 2009 UEFA U-21 Championship qualification 7 June 2009 Macedonia Norway 0–0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 12 August 2010 Slovenia Australia 2–0 Friendly