The International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) He has named German Markus Merk, and retired three-time World Referee, best referee of the century, in a classification in which the Spanish Manuel Mejuto González appears in eleventh position.
Two South American referees, Uruguayan Jorge Luis Larrionda and Colombian Oscar Julian Ruiz, complete the podium, while Britain's Howard Webb, referee World Cup final 2010 that Spain beat Holland, is fourth level on points with Belgian Frank De Bleeckere.
On the list, shows a total of seven Spanish referees, as they join Mejuto Medina Cantalejo (21º), Velasco Carballo (32º), Undiano Mallenco (35º), Daudén Ibáñez (53º), López Nieto (56º) Iturralde Gonzalez and (60º).

CLASSIFICATION. 1. Markus Merk (BUT) 135 points. 2. Jorge Luis Larrionda (URU) 108. 3. Oscar Julian Ruiz (COL) 104. 4. Frank De Bleeckere (BEL) 98. -. Howard Webb (ING) 98. …//… 11.Manuel Mejuto González (ESP) 73. 21.Luis Medina Cantalejo (ESP) 49. 32.Carlos Velasco Carballo (ESP) 23. 35.Alberto Undiano Mallenco (ESP) 19. 53.ARTURO Daudén IBÁÑEZ (ESP) 9. 56.Antonio Jesús López Nieto (ESP) 8. 60.Eduardo Iturralde González (ESP) 7.