In 2011, Rapallini began officiating in the
Argentine Primera División. His first match as referee was on 19 June 2011 between
Godoy Cruz and
All Boys. In 2014, he was put on the
FIFA referees list. He officiated his first senior international match on 5 June 2015 between
Chile and
El Salvador. Rapallini has officiated numerous finals in Argentina, including the
2013 Supercopa Argentina,
2017 Copa Argentina Final,
2018 Supercopa Argentina and
2019 Trofeo de Campeones de la Superliga Argentina. He was selected by
CONMEBOL as the fourth official for the second leg of the
2015 Recopa Sudamericana between Argentine clubs
San Lorenzo and
River Plate, and officiated the second leg of the
2020 Recopa Sudamericana between Brazilian club
Flamengo and Ecuadorian club
Independiente del Valle. He also worked as one of the
assistant video assistant referees for the
2020 Copa Libertadores Final between Brazilian clubs
Palmeiras and
Santos. Rapallini was selected as a match official for the
2015 South American U-17 Championship in Paraguay, as well as the
2017 South American U-17 Championship and
2019 South American U-20 Championship, both in Chile. In March 2019, he was selected a referee for both the
2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland and the
2019 Copa América in Brazil. As part of a referee exchange programme between
CONMEBOL and
UEFA, Rapallini was selected on 21 April 2021 as a referee for
UEFA Euro 2020, to be held across Europe in June and July 2021. This marked the first time a South American referee had been selected to officiate at the
UEFA European Championship. At the group stage he was the referee of the
Ukraine-
North Macedonia game (17 June 2021) at the
National Arena in
Bucharest, and of the
Croatia-
Scotland clash (22 June 2021) at
Glasgow's Hampden Park, as well as the 1/16 game France-Switzerland (28 June 2021) at the
National Arena in
Bucharest. Rapallini was selected to be a referee at the
2022 FIFA World Cup, where he officiated three matches. ==References==