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

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ian football

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and currently serves as a TV refereeing analyst for

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. He refereed at

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, 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

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. 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

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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 rules analyst 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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