FIFA referee Flávio Rodrigues de Souza for Ceará v Sport in Brasileiro | OneFootball

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At Arena Castelão, Ceará will host Sport next Saturday, the 5th, at 6:30 p.m., for the 26th round of the Brazilian Championship. To officiate the match, the CBF Refereeing Commission (CA-CBF) has appointed São Paulo native Flávio Rodrigues de Souza, 46, a FIFA referee since 2020.

Fellow São Paulo native Danilo Ricardo Simon Manis and Dimmi Yuri das Chagas Cardoso from Amazonas will be the assistant referees on the field. The fourth official will be Ceará native Léo Simão Holanda. Vinicius Furlan, from São Paulo, will be in charge of VAR.

Background

With 35 matches officiated this season (Conmebol Libertadores, Conmebol Sudamericana, Brazilian Championship Serie A, B and D, Copa do Brasil, Minas Gerais State Championship and São Paulo State Championship), Flávio Rodrigues has shown 168 yellow cards and 11 red cards, including four straight red dismissals. His average is more than 5 cards per match.

The last Vozão match officiated by the São Paulo referee was on 10/29/2025, against Fluminense/RJ, in the 12th round of the 2025 Brazilian Championship Serie A. On that occasion, the Rio de Janeiro team won the match 1-0. This will be the 12th Alvinegro match officiated by the 46-year-old referee.

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