Facundo Raúl Tello Figueroa (born on 4 May 1982) is an Argentine football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2019.[1] He has been officiating the highest division of Argentine football league since 2013.[2] On 19 May 2022 FIFA announced the 2022 FIFA World Cup's referee list, where Tello was chosen. In April 2024, Tello was announced as a referee for UEFA Euro 2024.
Tello debuted in the highest category of Argentine football with only four matches in the second division, where he officiated the Godoy Cruz and Vélez Sarsfield match, on the fourteenth date of the 2013 Final Tournament.[3]
Tello, who belongs to the Bahiense Association of Referees, made his first steps in tournaments of the Argentine Soccer Association from 2011, when he debuted in the then Argentine Tournament A.[4]
As he was settled in the first division, Tello officiated the first summer superclassic of 2018, with the Millionaires victory 1–0.[5] That same year, he was summoned to officiate in the return final that defined the second promotion to the 2018-2019 Super League, between San Martín de Tucumán and Sarmiento with a 5–1 victory for San Martín de Tucumán.[6]
In 2019, Tello entered the roster of international referees for FIFA as he was appointed by Conmebol as a 4th official for the South American U-20 Championship in Chile along with his colleagues Fernando Rapallini, Ezequiel Brailosky and Gabriel Chade.,[7] becoming the first Bahia collegiate to achieve this distinction.[7]
