São Paulo v Coritiba: Santa Catarina referee to debut in Série A | OneFootball

The officiating for São Paulo vs. Coritiba, which will be played this Saturday (15), has already been decided by the CBF and will feature a debut in charge of the whistle.

Santa Catarina referee Charly Wendy Straub Deretti has been appointed for the first time to serve as the head referee for a Brazilian Championship Série A match. Tricolor host Coxa at Morumbi in the 23rd round, at 9 p.m. (Brasília time).

In the Brasileirão, Charly Deretti had only worked in the VAR booth or as the fourth official on the field. The officiating crew for this weekend’s match will be entirely female, with Fernanda Nandrea Gomes Antunes (MG) and Anne Kesy Gomes de Sá (AM) as the on-field assistant referees.

She has been part of the refereeing staff of the Santa Catarina Football Federation since 2016, and of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) since 2018 and FIFA since 2020. Charly has taken part in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, the Women’s Libertadores, the Women’s Brasileirão, and many other men’s competitions.

The referee was also named by the CBF as the best VAR in the 2025 Women’s Brasileirão. In this year’s men’s national championship, Charly served as assistant VAR in three matches and VAR in two others.

“It’s hard to even put it into words. It’s recognition for many years of work and dedication. Just as players dream of reaching the top tier of national football, a referee dreams of it too,” Charly told Rádio 105 FM.

“When you receive news like this, a whole movie literally flashes through your mind. You remember everything you had to do, all the important dates with family that you missed. You remember that you had to keep believing, even when things weren’t happening. Now I realize that all that effort was worth it,” the official added.

Last weekend, Charly Deretti officiated Juventude’s 1-0 win over Novorizontino in Série B, and now she will make her debut in the top flight of national football, in São Paulo vs. Coritiba.

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