Wilmar Alexander Roldán Pérez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈwilmaɾ rolˈdam ˈpeɾes]; born 24 January 1980 in Remedios, Antioquia) is a Colombian football referee. He was ranked the World's 7th Best Referee of 2015 by the IFFHS.
He has been a referee in the domestic league since 2003 and became a FIFA International in 2008.
He was selected for his maiden Copa América tournament in 2011, where he officiated in two group matches and the third-place match between Venezuela and Peru. He also officiated at the 2012 Olympic tournament and 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
In March 2013, FIFA named Roldán to its list of 52 candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In January 2014, FIFA included him in its refereeing team for the World Cup. He was the head referee in the Group A match between Mexico and Cameroon.
In April 2017, he was selected as a referee for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. He was selected to officiate the tournament's opening game between the host nation Russia and New Zealand.
In June 2018, he was selected to referee England v Tunisia in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
He officiated at the Ecuador v Venezuela match during the Copa América in 2024.
On the 30th of June, 2024, after Canada 0-0 draw Chile, with Canada advancing to the quarterfinals, the Chilean Football Federation filed a formal complaint to CONMEBOL against Roldán and calling the confederation to have him suspended, claiming him to have questionable and poor refereeing decisions which ultimately knocked out Chile out of the group stage. The controversies based on these refereeing mistakes have led to an outrage by the Chilean fans, with most of them sending recipes to his personal accounts as a form of protest. The complaint still hasn't been approved as of July 2024.
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Date: 25 January 1980
striking drivers ratify 3-year contract; management says paper will be back on stands tomorrow, Jan 25; union negotiating team member Raymond Zarzecki and Journal's attorney Michael H Malin comment (S)
Date: 24 January 1980
Special to The New York Times
5-member Congressional delegation headed by Repr Lester L Wolff ends visit to Taiwan
Date: 25 January 1980
HILTON KRAMER
Hilton KRAMER
Exhibit British Art Now: An American Perspective, organized by Diane Waldman at Guggenheim Museum, reviewed by Hilton Kramer
Date: 24 January 1980
Federal jury, Boston, Mass, acquits Lewis after agreement to dismiss one juror and break 3-day deadlock (S)
Date: 25 January 1980
US House of Representatives votes overwhelmingly to support Pres Carter's request that US press for transfer, cancellation or boycott of Summer Olympics in Moscow unless Soviet troops withdraw from Afghanistan (M)
Date: 25 January 1980
By JOHN VINOCUR Special to The New York Times
John Special
analysis of problem facing West German Olympic Committee on whether to go along with Pres Carter's proposed boycott of Moscow Olympics to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; says decision by Bonn to boycott games would represent unique development in West German-Soviet relations since improvement in ties between both countries has been watchword and best election argument of Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's Christian Democratic Party for past decade; Schmidt portrait (M)
Date: 24 January 1980
By FRANK LITSKY
Frank LITSKY
Career sketch; full name is Robert Joseph Kane; illus (M)
Date: 24 January 1980
By HEDRICK SMITH Special to The New York Times
Hedrick Special
news analysis of Carter speech holds warning to USSR echoes that voiced by Pres Truman in '47 amid Soviet threat to Greece and Turkey and by Pres Eisenhower in dealing with instability in Middle East decade later; says speech is dramatic reversal of strategy enunciated by Pres Nixon in '69, that US would not be enticed into regional conflicts but would count on regional powers to lead in protecting themselves and American interests
Date: 25 January 1980
Former Prime Min Smith will run for seat in parliament; is 1 of 28 candidates for 20 seats set aside for whites (S)