Pierluigi Collina; yavutse ku ya 13 Gashyantare 1960 ni umutaliyani wahoze ari umusifuzi w’umupira w’amaguru. Yahawe igihembo cyiswe “Umusifuzi mwiza w’umwaka” FIFA inshuro esheshatu zikurikiranye kandi afatwa nk’umusifuzi ukomeye w’umupira wa maguru mu bihe byose. Collina aracyafite uruhare mu mupira w’amaguru, nk’umujyanama udahembwa mu ishyirahamwe ry’abasifuzi b’umupira w’amaguru mu Butaliyani (AIA), nk’umuyobozi w’abasifuzi mu ishyirahamwe ry’umupira w’amaguru muri Ukraine kuva mu 2010, nk’umwe mu bagize komite y’abasifuzi ba UEFA, kandi nk’Umuyobozi wa komite y’abasifuzi ba FIFA
Collina yavukiye i Bologna kandi yiga muri kaminuza ya Bologna, arangiza afite impamyabumenyi mu by’ubukungu mu 1984. Mu myaka ye y’ubugimbi, yakinnye nka myugariro wo hagati mu ikipe yaho, ariko mu 1977 ajya kwiga amasomo y’abasifuzi, aho yari ari byavumbuwe ko afite ubuhanga bwihariye ku murimo wo gusifura. Mu myaka itatu yayoboye k’urwego rwo hejuru rw’imikino yo mu karere, ari nako arangiza imirimo ye ya gisirikare ku gahato. Muri 1988, yateye imbere byihuse kuruta ibisanzwe kugeza mu cyiciro cya gatatu cy’igihugu, Serie C1 na Serie C2. Nyuma y’ibihe bitatu, yazamuwe mu ntera yo kuyobora imikino ya Serie B na Serie A.
Muri icyo gihe, Collina yarwaye bikabije, bimuviramo gutakaza burundu imisatsi ye yose yo mu maso, imuha isura y’uruhu rwihariye.
Mu 1995, amaze kwitabira imikino 43 ya Serie A, yashyizwe ku rutonde rw’abasifuzi ba FIFA. Yahawe imikino itanu mu mikino Olempike yo mu 1996, harimo umukino wa nyuma wahuje Nigeriya na Arijantine. Yasifuye umukino wa UEFA Champion League 1999 hagati ya Bayern Munich na Manchester United; Yavuze ko uyu ari umukino we utazibagirana.
Muri Kamena 2002, Collina yageze ku rwego rwo hejuru mu mwuga we, ubwo yatoranywaga ku mukino wa nyuma w’igikombe cy’isi, hagati ya Burezili n’Ubudage. Mbere y’umukino, Oliver Kahn w’Ubudage yabwiye ikinyamakuru cyo muri Irlande ati: “Collina ni umusifuzi wo ku rwego rw’isi, nta gushidikanya kuri ibyo, ariko ntabwo azana amahirwe, si byo?” Kahn yavugaga ku mikino ibiri yabanjirije iyi Collina yari yasifuye irimo Kahn: umukino wa nyuma wavuzwe haruguru wa UEFA Champion League Final 1999, aho Manchester united yatsinze na Bayern ibitego 2-1 ibitego bya Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær.
Amahirwe ya Kahn ntabwo yahindutse ku mukino wanyuma, kandi ikipe ye yatsinzwe 2–0. Pierluigi Collina yasifuye umukino wanyuma w’igikombe cya UEFA 2004 hagati ya Valencia na Marseille. Muri Gashyantare 2005, ageze mu kiruhuko cy’izabukuru , UEFA Euro 2004 niyo marushanwa mpuzamahanga ya nyuma akomeye. Umukino we wa nyuma mpuzamahanga ni Porutugali – Slowakiya, mu majonjora yo gushaka itike yo kuzakina igikombe cy’isi cya 2006 muri Estádio da Luz i Lisbonne.
FIGC (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio) yazamuye imyaka y’izabukuru iteganijwe kugera kuri 46 mu rwego rwo kwakira Collina. Icyakora, havutse amakimbirane hagati ya federasiyo na Collina mu ntangiriro za Kanama 2005, nyuma y’icyemezo cye cyo gusinyana amasezerano n’umuterankunga Opel (anamamaza na Vauxhall Motors mu Bwongereza byombi ni ibya Moteri rusange). Kubera ko Opel yari n’umuterankunga w’ikipe ya Serie A A.C. Milan, ayo masezerano yabonwaga nk’amakimbirane y’inyungu.
Mu ku musubiza, Collina yemeye guhara, arangiza neza umwuga we. Ishyirahamwe ry’abasifuzi mu Butaliyani ryagerageje kwanga ukwegura kwe, ariko akomeza ikiruhuko cy’izabukuru.
Collina yasifuye ya Aid yo gufasha muri Gicurasi 2006 na Nzeri 2008. Mug ihe cya nyuma cy’imikino. Yasifuye kandi igice cya mbere cy’umukino w’umupira w’amaguru wa 2010 ku ya 6 Kamena.
Umukino wa nyuma wo guhatanira Collina wari amajonjora ya Champions League hagati ya Everton na Villarreal ku ya 24 Kanama 2005. Yatangaje ko yeguye nyuma y’umukino.
Collina yari umwe mu basifuzi Moggi yagerageje guhana kubera ibyemezo byafatiwe Juventus. Mu guhamagara kuri telefoni, Moggi yavuze ko Collina na mugenzi we Roberto Rosetti “bafite intego” kandi ko bagomba “guhanwa” kubera ko Kubera iyo mpamvu, we na Rosetti bari babiri mu basifuzi bake bagaragaye nta nkomyi.
Muri Nzeri 2005, isura ye yamenyekanye byoroshye (ku bakurikira umupira w’amaguru) na yo yatumye agaragara mu iyamamaza rya Vauxhall Vectra, rya nyuze mu gikombe cy’isi cya 2006 mu Bwongereza. Yagaragaye kandi mu kwamamaza kuri MasterCard na Adidas mu gikombe cy’isi cya 2006.
Nubwo Collina azwi cyane mu mupira wa maguru, we n’umufasha w’ubuzima bwe bakunda imwe mu makipe akomeye ya Basketball mu Burayi. Ku ya 25 Mutarama 2010, Collina yitabiriye umukino udasanzwe wo gushyigikira abahitanywe n’umutingito wabereye muri Hayiti.
Mu mwaka wa 2010, Collina yayoboye igice cya mbere cy’umukino w’umupira wa maguru Aid wahuje ibyamamare n’abakinnyi babigize umwuga bahagarariye Ubwongereza na “Ahasigaye hose kw’isi”. Abakinnyi barimo David Seaman, Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham, Jamie Redknapp, Martin Keown na Nicky Butt mu Bwongereza, bayobowe kandi batozwa na Harry Redknapp na Bryan Robson. Abakinnyi ba “Ahasigaye hose kw’isi” barimo Jens Lehmann, Henrik Larsson, Zinedine Zidane, Ryan Giggs, Luís Figo na Sami Hyypiä, bayobowe kandi batozwa na Kenny Dalglish, Ian Rush & Eric Harrison. Mark Clattenburg umusifuzi w’icyiciro cya mbere mu Bwongereza n’umupira wa maguru na we yasifuye umukino.
Collina yabaye umuyobozi w’abasifuzi mu ishyirahamwe ry’umupira w’amaguru muri Ukraine kuva mu 2010. Ibikorwa bye kuri uyu mwanya biranengwa n’abasifuzi b’igihugu batemera ko atagira uruhare mu mupira wa maguru wa Ukraine (kumara ibyumweru bitarenze bibiri mu mwaka muri Ukraine) no kwihanganira ruswa mu ishyirahamwe ry’umupira w’amaguru muri Ukraine.
Mu 1988, Collina yahuye n’umugore we Gianna muri Versilia. Nyuma yo kubana kwabo, bimukiye mu mujyi wa Viareggio uri ku nkombe. Kuva ubukwe, abashakanye babyaranye abakobwa babiri. Mu 2003, Collina yasohoye ubuzima bwe bwite, Amategeko yanjye y’umukino (Le Mie Regole del Gioco).
Muri Kanama 2005, nyuma y’izabukuru, yibanze ku bucuruzi bwe bwite, nk’umujyanama mu by’imari. Uyu munsi aba muri Forte dei Marmi.
Kubera ko yari umusifuzi mukuru w’umukino w’icyiciro cya kabiri wahuje Ubuyapani na Turukiya mu gikombe cy’isi cya FIFA 2002, yamenyekanye cyane mu Buyapani, agaragara no kuri tereviziyo yamamaza ibicuruzwa bya takoyaki byahagaritswe.
Muri Nyakanga 2002, yagaragaye mu ishusho ya karato muri videwo ya George Michael “Kurasa imbwa”, aho yeretswe guha ikarita itukura Tony Blair, wari Minisitiri w’intebe w’Ubwongereza icyo gihe. “Kurasa Imbwa” yakozwe na 2DTV, ikiganiro cya tereviziyo ya animasiyo.
Collina yatoranijwe nk’igifuniko cy’imikino yo kuri videwo ya Konami Pro Evolution Soccer 3 na Pro Evolution Soccer 4, agaragara hamwe na mugenzi we Francesco Totti na Thierry Henry kuri aba nyuma. Ibi ntibyari bisanzwe, kubera ko imikino y’umupira wa maguru yari yaje kugaragaramo gusa abakinnyi n’abayobozi gusa ku gipfukisho cyabo, kandi ntabwo yagaragaye mu mikino yombi. Byongeye kandi, yagaragaye nk’umusifuzi “udafungura” mu mukino bahanganye wa EA Sports FIFA Football 2005, yasohotse mbere gato ya Pro Evolution Soccer 4.
Muri Nzeri 2005, Collina yagaragaye mu kwamamaza kuri televiziyo ya Vauxhall Vectra. Mu 2006, Collina yagaragaye mu rindi tangazo rya tereviziyo, kuri iyi nshuro ya MB Pivo, ikirango cya byeri muri Seribiya. Yagaragaye kandi mu iyamamaza ry’umukoresha wa GSM wo muri Turukiya, Aria, kubera gukundwa kwe muri Turukiya.
