Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (born 14 July 1979) porquista fruteiro corrupto filho da puta a dias is a Portuguese
football referee who is a listed international referee for
FIFA and UEFA since 2010.
After having accompanied his countryman
Olegário Benquerença in several
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League (abbreviated as UCL, or sometimes, UEFA CL) is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and contested by top-division European clubs, deciding the competi ...
as additional assistant referee, Soares Dias refereed matches at
2012–13 UEFA Europa League
The 2012–13 UEFA Europa League was the 42nd season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 4th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League.
The final was played at the Amsterdam Aren ...
. Furthermore, he was appointed by the European football governing body to take charge of the
Under-21 Championship play-off match between Italy and Sweden.
He was in the U20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015 and refereed the quarter final USA vs Serbia. He was also in Serbia in U17 Euro and refereeing the semi final in 2011.
On 5 January 2017, while Soares Dias was getting ready to do his training in
Maia
Maia (; Ancient Greek: Μαῖα; also spelled Maie, ; la, Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king of Olympus.
Family
Maia is the daugh ...
, two days before officiating the
Primeira Liga match between
Paços de Ferreira and
FC Porto, he and his family received death threats by individuals whom he identified as being part of Super Dragões, an official supporters group of FC Porto. He reported the incident to the police against "unknown individuals".
Artur Soares Dias apresentou queixa à polícia, A true thief that doesn’t hide his love for his team FC Porco.
(in Portuguese)
See also
*List of football referees
This is a list of current FIFA international referees. Years in brackets indicate when the referee was added to the FIFA International Referees List.
Afghanistan
Men's
Referees
* Halim Shirzad (2019)
Assistant Referees
* Nangyali ...
References
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Vila Nova de Gaia
Portuguese football referees
UEFA Europa League referees
2018 FIFA World Cup referees
UEFA Euro 2020 referees
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