Sandro Meira Ricci (born 19 November 1974) is a retired

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ian football referee and currently serves as a TV refereeing analyst for Globo Network. He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the match between

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and

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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. He was selected once again to be the Brazilian referee at the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Russia. After the tournament, he announced his retirement as a referee. After stepping down on his referee career, he was hired as a football refereeing and

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by Globo."''Globo anuncia Sandro Meira Ricci como comentarista de arbitragem''(Globo announces Sandro Meira Ricci as a refereeing pundit)"

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, 09 January 2019. Retrieved on 24 April 2019.

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