Cesar Flores, 48, was refereeing a match between local youth teams in the central city of Cordoba when he sent off the player for a foul, AFP reported.
The youth took a revolver from among his belongings, went back on the pitch and shot Flores several times, said a police source.
The referee died later in hospital, the source said. The killer fled and was being hunted by police.
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