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Italy appoints first female referee in Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

 

Italy’s Serie A has appointed its first female referee with Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi installed for the 2022-23 season.

The 31-year-old Ferrieri Caputi became the first female to referee a match involving a Serie A team last year – Cagliari´s Italian Cup clash with Cittadella.

She will now referee a top-flight match for the first time next term after joining the league’s officiating team on Friday.

‘It’s a very beautiful moment and one of great satisfaction and it’s also sad to think that someone should be amazed by the presence of a woman,’ said Alfredo Trentalange, president of the referees’ governing body in Italy.

‘Obviously it’s news that Maria Sole will be the first woman in the Serie A pool, and it’s a historical moment, but the promotion is an advancement that comes from merit and not from privilege.’

Ferrieri joined the referees’ association in 2007, working in the provincial and regional leagues, before she started officiating Serie D matches in 2015.

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Her next step came in 2019 when she oversaw two Women’s European Championship qualifying games and, the following year, began refereeing Serie C matches, plus one Serie B clash between Cittadella and SPAL, before Cagliari’s Coppa Italia encounter.

 

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