Artur_Soares_Dias

Artur Soares Dias

Artur Soares Dias

Portuguese football referee

Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias (born 14 July 1979) is a Portuguese football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA and UEFA since 2010.[4]

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Soares and the second or paternal family name is Dias.
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After having accompanied his countryman Olegário Benquerença in several UEFA Champions League as additional assistant referee, Soares Dias refereed matches at 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. Furthermore, he was appointed by the European football governing body to take charge of the Under-21 Championship play-off match between Italy and Sweden.

He was in the U20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015 and refereed the quarter-final USA vs Serbia. He was also in Serbia in U17 Euro and refereeing the semi-final in 2011.

On 5 January 2017, while Soares Dias was getting ready to do his training in Maia, two days before officiating the Primeira Liga match between Paços de Ferreira and FC Porto, he and his family received death threats by individuals whom he identified as being part of Super Dragões, an official supporters group of FC Porto.[5][6] He reported the incident to the police against "unknown individuals".[7][8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Artur Soares Dias referee profile at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  2. [2]
    Profile at LPFP
  3. [3]
    Profile at WorldReferee
  4. [4]
    FIFA.com
  5. [5]
    Árbitro Artur Soares Dias ameaçado de morte (in Portuguese)
  6. [6]
    Artur Soares Dias ameaçado de morte (in Portuguese)
  7. [7]
    Artur Soares Dias apresentou queixa na Polícia (in Portuguese)
  8. [8]
    Artur Soares Dias apresentou queixa à polícia, A true thief that doesn’t hide his love for his team FC Porco. (in Portuguese)


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