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Sandro Ricci

1974 - Today

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Sandro Meira Ricci (born 19 November 1974) is a retired Brazilian football referee and currently serves as the Manager of Senior Referees for PRO. He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, beginning with the match between Ecuador and Paraguay on 26 March 2013.In March 2013, FIFA added Ricci to its list of candidate referees for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.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 2018 FIFA World Cup on Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sandro Ricci has received more than 82,219 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Sandro Ricci is the 61st most popular referee, the 889th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 857th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Brazilian Referee.

Memorability Metrics

  • 82k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sandro Riccis by language

Over the past year Sandro Ricci has had the most page views in the with 13,265 views, followed by English (6,002), and Spanish (2,895). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (33.33%), Asturian (22.91%), and Serbian (11.06%)

Among REFEREES

Among referees, Sandro Ricci ranks 61 out of 147. Before him are Herbert Fandel, Stéphane Lannoy, Jonas Eriksson, Slavko Vinčić, Danny Makkelie, and Nawaf Shukralla. After him are Anthony Taylor, István Kovács, Óscar Ruiz, Khalil Al Ghamdi, Bamlak Tessema Weyesa, and Martin Hansson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Sandro Ricci ranks 310. Before him are Nolberto Solano, Kari Byron, Dragoslav Jevrić, Saku Koivu, Hugo Ibarra, and Lukas Ridgeston. After him are Ramón Nomar, Agustín Delgado, Frode Johnsen, Marco Antonio Barrera, Sander Westerveld, and Boubou Cissé.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Sandro Ricci ranks 889 out of 2,236. Before him are Renato Augusto (1988), Doriva (1972), Alberto Dines (1932), Zé Elias (1976), Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes (1966), and Jonas Gonçalves Oliveira (1984). After him are Cláudia Raia (1966), Acácio (1959), Paulo Sérgio (1954), Antônio Pizzonia (1980), Milton Cruz (1957), and José Carlos de Almeida (1968).

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Among REFEREES In Brazil

Among referees born in Brazil, Sandro Ricci ranks 3. Before him are Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939), and Arnaldo Cézar Coelho (1943). After him are Carlos Eugênio Simon (1965), Wilton Sampaio (1981), and Raphael Claus (1979).

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