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Lorenzo Maggioni (born on 12th March, 1984) is an Italian football referee who refereed in the Italian Serie A and Serie B from 2018 to 2023.

Career
He worked for the Italian Referees Association and become a referee in 2002, near Lecco.

After the classic iter in the minor leagues, in the 2009-2010 season he comes at the Interregional Referees Commission and in the following season at the National Referees Commission of Serie D where he spent 4 years. In the summer of 2014 he was promoted to the refereeing staff of CAN PRO, the third Italian championship.

He made his debut in third League on 7th September 2014 in the Pro Piacenza-Forlì match (3-0). The last direction in Serie C was for the Playoff Semifinal return between Catania and Siena on 10 June 2018, won by the Tuscan club on penalties. After 4 years in third League and 68 official marches referred, on 30th June 2018 he was promoted to Serie B, the second italian football League.

The absolute debut in Serie B was on 2 September 2018 at the Adriatico stadium for the match between Pescara-Livorno (2-1). After only 11 official directions in Serie B, the 4 April 2019, he made his debut in Serie A for the match between Sassuolo and Chievo (4-0).

From 2020 he was included in the best 50 italian referees which referee both in Serie A and in Serie B.

On the 3rd July 2023, his resignation from the Serie A effective arbitrator was announced with a total of 7 directions in Serie A, 61 in Serie B and 4 in the Italian Cup.

Personal Life
When he was not refereeing, Maggioni worked as an entrepreneur.