Cláudia Vasconcelos Guedes (born 30 March 1963) is a Brazilian former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

referee. At the

1991 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the first FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international governing body sele ...

she became the first woman to referee a match in FIFA competition.

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profile at WorldReferee.com
1963 births Brazilian football referees Women association football referees Living people FIFA Women's World Cup referees {{Brazil-women-footy-bio-stub