In 1998, Messina was granted the right to referee international matches, and he joined UEFA's elite panel of referees in 2001, before he was replaced on the panel by fellow Italian Stefano Farina in 2005.
Stefano Modena | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Stefano Bontade | Treaty of San Stefano | Stefano Delle Chiaie | Stefano Dionisi | Mimi Fariña | Stefano D'Aste | Stefano Cusumano | Stefano Colonna | Stefano Bollani | Stefano Battaglia | Silvia Farina Elia | Santo Stefano Ticino | Giuseppe Farina | Stefano Zoff | Stefano Ronchetti-Monteviti | Stefano Miceli | Stefano Maderno | Stefano Galvani | Stefano Caselli | Stefano Benni | Richard Fariña | Paolo De Stefano | Mark Farina | Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi | Stefano Vagnini's | Stefano Vagnini | Stefano Sorrentino | Stefano Rodotà |