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Sandro Ricci

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Sandro Meira Ricci (born 19 November 1974) is a retired Brazilian football referee and currently serves as the Manager of Senior Referees for PRO. He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the match between Ecuador and Paraguay on 26 March 2013. In March 2013, FIFA added Ricci to its list of candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Ricci was the Brazilian referee at the 2014 FIFA World Cup, along with assistant referees Emerson de Carvalho and Marcelo Van Gasse. During his debut match France-Honduras, which was played on 15 June 2014, he was the first referee in the world to validate a goal by means of the newly introduced goal line technology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sandro Ricci is the 89th most popular referee (down from 61st in 2019), the 1,077th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 889th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Sandro Ricci ranks 89 out of 147. Before him are Bibiana Steinhaus, Martin Atkinson, Daniel Siebert, Mark Geiger, Michael Oliver, and Jesús Gil Manzano. After him are Carlos Amarilla, Pavel Královec, Janny Sikazwe, Carlos del Cerro Grande, Mark Shield, and Artur Soares Dias.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Sandro Ricci ranks 501. Before him are Jörg Böhme, Miguel Sapochnik, Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Marina de Tavira, Karol Kučera, and Javi Moreno. After him are Ivica Mornar, Henrietta Ónodi, Nicole Krauss, P. J. Byrne, Elbrus Tedeyev, and VVS Laxman.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sandro Ricci ranks 1,077 out of 2,236. Before him are Nádson Rodrigues de Souza (1982), Robert Scheidt (1973), Bruno Sarpa Costa (1984), Paulo Rodrigues Barc (1960), Marcelo Rosa da Silva (1976), and Cléo (1985). After him are Edson Aparecido de Souza (1962), Francileudo Santos (1979), Júlio César (1978), Marcia Barbosa (1960), Celso Luis Gomes (1964), and Fernando Menegazzo (1981).

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Among REFEREES In Brazil

Among referees born in Brazil, Sandro Ricci ranks 4. Before him are Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939), Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (1943), and Carlos Eugênio Simon (1965). After him are Wilton Sampaio (1981), and Raphael Claus (1979).

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