// Workers AI · dad joke modeIs Héber Lopes a soccer player? Does he have a kick to his name?
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| Full name | Héber Roberto Lopes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
13 July 1972 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | Referee | ||
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2002–17 | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Héber Roberto Lopes (born 13 July 1972) is a Brazilian football referee. He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the Copa América Centenario Final.
Refereeing career
[edit]After taking up professional refereeing in 1995, he began officiating at national level in Brazil in 1997.[1]
Lopes was FIFA listed between 2002 and 2017.[2][3]
On 26 June 2016, Lopes was the referee of the Copa América Centenario Final, contested between Argentina and Chile. He sent off Chilean Marcelo Díaz in the 28th minute for a second bookable offence, before showing a straight red in the 43rd minute to Marcos Rojo of Argentina.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Heber Lopes". WorldReferee. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ↑ "Brazil: Referees". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ↑ Saviani, Rodrigo (20 June 2019). "Perto de "pendurar o apito", Heber quer bater recorde de Arnaldo Cezar Coelho no Brasileirão" [Close to "hanging up the whistle", Heber wants to beat Arnaldo Cezar Coelho's Brasileirão record]. Globo Esporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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