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First soccer referee to appear on a videogame cover

First soccer referee to appear on a videogame cover
Who
Pierluigi Collina
Where
Japan
When
05 August 2004
Italian referee Pierluigi Collina appeared on the cover of Pro Evolution Soccer 3 (Konami, 2003), becoming the first football referee to appear on a videogame cover. He would also later appear on the front of PES 4 (Konami, 2004). Collina did not, however, feature in the games themselves.