John Pitti

{{short description|Panamanian football referee}} {{family name hatnote|Pitti|Hernández|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football official | name = John Pitti | image = | image_size = | fullname = John Francis Pitti Hernández | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1978|8|2}} | birth_place = Chiriquí, Panama | death_date = | death_place = | otheroccupation = | years1 = | years2 = | league1 = Liga Panameña de Fútbol | league2 = | role1 = Referee | role2 = | internationalyears1 = 2012–2021 | confederation1 = FIFA listed | internationalrole1 = Referee }}

'''John Francis Pitti Hernández'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esto.com.mx/250480-john-pitti-pitara-el-mexico-costa-rica/|title = John Pitti pitará el México-Costa Rica|date = 2 March 2017}}</ref> (born 2 August 1978) is a retired Panamanian professional football referee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkType=referee&contextType=bio&linkID=7940 |title=Profile |access-date=2015-03-27 |archive-date=2018-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610135615/http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkType=referee&contextType=bio&linkID=7940 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was appointed an international referee for FIFA in 2012.<ref>FIFA. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070611195043/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=pan/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html "Panama: Referees"].</ref> He refereed some matches in the CONCACAF Champions League.

On 6 June 2021, Pitti refereed the final of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF Nations League.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.concacaf.com/nations-league/news/match-officials-appointed-for-2021-cnlf-3rd-place-match-and-final/|title=Match officials appointed for 2021 CNLF 3rd Place Match and Final|work=CONCACAF Nations League|publisher=CONCACAF|date=4 June 2021|access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ct-us-mexico-soccer-nations-league-20210607-ehb3kvbesrcetew6o74ib5m7le-story.html|title=Christian Pulisic's penalty kick in extra time gives the US a 3-2 win over Mexico in the Nations League final|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=Tribune Publishing|date=6 June 2021|access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>

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