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Arnaldo Cézar Coelho

1943 - Today

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Arnaldo David Cézar Coelho (born 15 January 1943) is a former football referee. He was the first Brazilian, indeed the first non-European, to take charge of the FIFA World Cup final when he officiated in the 1982 final between Italy and West Germany. Coelho's career began as a beach soccer referee; he became professional in 1965 (at one time, famously, telling reporters that he was the highest paid match official in the world) and was appointed to the international list in 1968. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arnaldo Cézar Coelho has received more than 46,305 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arnaldo Cézar Coelho is the 28th most popular referee (down from 27th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 584th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 28 out of 147. Before him are Ravshan Irmatov, Byron Moreno, Gottfried Dienst, Massimo Busacca, Tom Henning Øvrebø, and Daniele Orsato. After him are Pedro Proença, Nikolay Latyshev, Frank De Bleeckere, Ľuboš Micheľ, Cüneyt Çakır, and Yuichi Nishimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 446. Before him are Bert Jansch, Wolfgang Nordwig, Masatoshi Shima, Lucius Shepard, Brian Hyland, and Xaviera Hollander. After him are Andrej Bajuk, Jean-Louis Bruguès, Richard Manuel, József Csatári, Orlando de la Torre, and Manfred Eicher.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 541 out of 2,236. Before him are Eduardo da Silva (1983), Graciliano Ramos (1892), Hércules de Miranda (1912), Flávio Conceição (1974), Fausto dos Santos (1905), and Edivaldo Martins Fonseca (1962). After him are Jô (1987), Lygia Bojunga Nunes (1932), Rickson Gracie (1959), Palhinha (1950), Nariz (1912), and Clara Nunes (1942).

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Among REFEREES In Brazil

Among referees born in Brazil, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho ranks 2. Before him are Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939). After him are Sandro Ricci (1974), Carlos Eugênio Simon (1965), Wilton Sampaio (1981), and Raphael Claus (1979).

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