Tiago Bruno Lopes Martins (born 29 May 1980) is a Portuguese

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referee.

Refereeing career

Martins began officiating in the

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in 2013, refereeing his first match on 25 August 2013 between Sporting CP B and

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. The following season, he was appointed to referee in the

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, and officiated his first match on 31 August 2014 between

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and Arouca. In 2015, Martins became

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, and on 28 March 2015 he officiated his first youth international, the

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match between Russia and

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. Martins officiated his first international club match on 2 July 2015 between Latvian club Jelgava and Bulgarian club Litex Lovech in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round. On 19 July 2017, Martins officiated his first UEFA Champions League match between Polish club

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and Finnish club IFK Mariehamn in the 2017–18 second qualifying round. On 6 October 2017, he officiated his first senior international, a World Cup qualification match between Italy and

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. Martins officiated his first tournament proper match in the

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on 7 December 2017 between German club

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and Swedish club Östersund. On 30 April 2018, Martins was selected by FIFA as one of the video assistant referees for the

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in Russia, the first FIFA World Cup to use the technology. Martins was appointed to officiate the

2018 Taça de Portugal Final The 2018 Taça de Portugal Final was the last match of the 2017–18 Taça de Portugal, which decided the winner of the 78th season of the Taça de Portugal. It was played on 20 May 2018 at the Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, between Desportivo das ...

on 20 May 2018 between

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and Sporting CP. Martins was appointed as the assistant VAR in his first World Cup match between France and

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in Group C.

References

External links

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