Sandro Meira Ricci unveiled, committee announces Europe immersion | OneFootball

On the afternoon of this Thursday (11), the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) introduced the new president of the entity’s Refereeing Commission. Sandro Meira Ricci takes over with the mission of continuing the work carried out under the Samir Xaud administration, marked by major investments and worldwide visibility for Brazilian refereeing, an achievement recognized by FIFA at this World Cup with nine Brazilian professionals working at the tournament.

In an online meeting, since he lives in the United States and is following the World Cup, Sandro Meira Ricci was introduced to the referees in the CBF PRO panel as well as to the instructors who make up the Commission’s team. Excited about this new mission in his career, Sandro wants focus and hard work from the referees.

“I had my first meeting with the group of PRO referees and with the entire refereeing staff. It was a good opportunity to express my gratitude to the CBF for its trust and my willingness to work in sync with the Board for the referees, who are the most important people in our refereeing structure,” he said.

Refereeing class for A and PRO Licenses by Sandro Meira RicciCredits: CBF Academy

At the meeting, led by Netto Góes, CBF’s Director of Refereeing, it was announced that the 20 central referees in the PRO CBF category will take part in an international immersion program. The work with these professionals will be carried out at the City of Football, headquarters of the Portuguese Football Federation, in Lisbon.

During this immersion, the refereeing professionals will undergo physical, technical, and cognitive work, under the evaluation and supervision of Brazilian, Portuguese, and FIFA instructors. It will be the first time this type of work has been carried out by the Brazilian Football Confederation.

“We introduced the new president of the Commission. It is important to start the work already with the coming months in mind, especially in the short term. We will organize the Commission and not neglect the competitions already underway. In the presentation, we highlighted some clear actions to align criteria, technical training, and effective measures that will be announced in the coming days to optimize the referees,” said Netto Góes, CBF’s Director of Refereeing.

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