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Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

1943 - Today

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Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho (born 15 January 1943) is a former football referee. He was the first Brazilian, indeed the first non-European, to take charge of the FIFA World Cup final when he officiated in the 1982 final between Italy and West Germany. Coelho's career began as a beach soccer referee; he became professional in 1965 (at one time, famously, telling reporters that he was the highest paid match official in the world) and was appointed to the international list in 1968. He was selected for both the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arnaldo Cézar Coelho is the 27th most popular referee (up from 28th in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 542nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 27 out of 147. Before him are Viktor Kassai, Gamal Al-Ghandour, Massimo Busacca, Damir Skomina, Toru Kamikawa, and Clément Turpin. After him are Tom Henning Øvrebø, Wolfgang Stark, Frank De Bleeckere, Daniele Orsato, Milorad Mažić, and Nikolay Latyshev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 483. Before him are Robert Durst, Domingo Perurena, Milan Damjanović, John Miles, Kaoru Ikeya, and John Lennox. After him are Marília Pêra, Bobby Vee, Rick Danko, Jon McBride, Klaus Köste, and Csaba Fenyvesi.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 579 out of 2,236. Before him are Vanderlei de Lima (1969), Valdir Benedito (1965), Bernardo Rezende (1959), Germano Boettcher Sobrinho (1911), Silva Batuta (1940), and Olavo Bilac (1865). After him are Cazuza (1958), Antoninho (1939), Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira (1900), Sávio (1974), Marília Pêra (1943), and Alice Braga (1983).

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Among REFEREES In Brazil

Among referees born in Brazil, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 2. Before him are Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939). After him are Carlos Eugênio Simon (1965), Sandro Ricci (1974), Wilton Sampaio (1981), and Raphael Claus (1979).

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