Career
Ricardo Arellano Nieves
His debut at the Primera Division de Mexico was in 2007. Up to now, Arellano Nieves has officiated more than 130 matches as a central referee in the Primera Division de Mexico, including play-offs. In the Liga de Ascenso, Ricardo completed around 56 matches.
As international referee, Ricardo Arellano has participated in the 2012 Toulon Tournament officiating three matches, including the third place play-off between France and Netherlands.
He received satisfactory comments regarding his participation and was pre-selected for the final match, in which he could not participate because the Mexican team was involved in it (Ricardo Arellano Continúa Triunfando en Toulon | Brilla Ricardo Arellano en Torneo de Toulon). Besides, he has participated in the 2011 Pan American Games, pre-World Cup 2011 Fédération internationale de football association U-17 World Cup, CONCACAF Champions League and North America SuperLiga.
As a personal goal, Ricardo wants to be active at the World Cup in 2014. Ricardo has participated several times in the marathon "Guadalupano" in Aguascalientes city, which is in honour of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
In 2009, he was number 482 in his time was 1h 15" 35".
