Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi

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Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi
Domestic
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi at Benito Stirpe Stadium, Frosinone
Born	(1990-11-20) 20 November 1990 (age 34) Livorno, Italy
Other occupation	University researcher
Years	League	Role
2007–	FIGC	Referee
2015–2020	Serie D	Referee
2020–2022	Serie C	Referee
2021–	Serie B	Referee
2022–	Serie A	Referee
International
Years	League	Role
2019–	UEFA Listed	Referee
2023–	FIFA Listed	Referee

Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (born 20 November 1990) is an Italian football referee.

Career

Affiliated to the section of her native city, Livorno, Ferrieri Caputi entered AIA in 2007.^[1] In November 2015, she refereed the Levito–Atletico San Paolo Serie D match.^[2]

In 2019, she refereed the Torneo di Viareggio tournament and became an international referee.^[3] She made her international debut in Scotland–Cyprus, valid for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifiers.^[3]

In 2020, she was promoted to Serie C after five years in Serie D, followed by the VAR room designation for Serie B.^[4] On 8 December of that year, she debuted in a match involving Pro Patria and Pro Sesto.^[5]

In October 2021, she made her Serie B debut in Cittadella–SPAL.^[6] On 15 December of that year, she refereed the Cagliari–Cittadella Coppa Italia match,^[6] giving three yellow cards and disallowing three goals,^[3] becoming the first female to referee a Serie A team of men's football.^[7] On 8 January 2022, she refereed the final of the 2021–22 Women's Supercoppa Italiana, Milan–Juventus 1–2.^[8]

On 1 July, she was promoted to Serie A.^[6]^[9] She was fourth official in Monza–Udinese on Matchday 3.^[6] Having already refereed two Coppa Italia and two Serie B matches, on 28 September she was designated to referee Sassuolo–Salernitana, which was played four days later, becoming the first woman to referee a Serie A match.^[6]

In early January 2023, she was included in the list of the match officials that were selected for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand;^[10] On 17 January, she refereed the Coppa Italia match between Napoli and Cremonese and was part to the first all-female refereeing triad in Italian men's football, with assistants Francesca Di Monte and Tiziana Trasciatti.^[11]

In late March, she refereed the match between the Germany–Peru friendly, won by the former 2–0, thus becoming the first Italian woman to referee an international match in men's football.^[12]

In late May, she was chosen as AVAR 2 (Assistent Video Assistent Referee 2) for the 2023 UEFA Women's Champions League final.^[13]

On the following 14 December, she officiated the Women's Champions League group stage match between Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid, with Di Monte and Trasciatti as assistants and Maria Marotta as fourth official.^[14]

Personal life

Ferrieri Caputi was born in Livorno, Italy to parents of Apulian origin. She revealed that her love for football started when her father took her to the Stadio Armando Picchi, in Livorno and that she decided to become a referee after seeing a flyer at the exit of her school.^[15]

She has a bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Pisa and a master's degree in Sociology from the University of Florence.^[16] She is a researcher at the Adapt Foundation (Association for International and Comparative Studies on Labour Law and Industrial Relations) and a doctoral candidate at the University of Bergamo.^[17]

On 1 April 2023, Lega Serie A published a documentary on its YouTube channel, titled Un giorno di Sole (A sunny day), on Ferrieri Caputi's refereeing career.^[15]

References

^ Pacini, Andrea (3 April 2021). "Gli sproni dell'internazionale Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi". Associazione Italiana Arbitri (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Chi è Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, la prima donna ad arbitrare in Serie A". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bianchini, Chiara (28 September 2022). "Calcio, chi è Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, la prima donna che arbitrerà la Serie A". intoscana (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Arbitri Can C, in Lega Pro nello staff arriva Silvia Tea Spinelli e sul campo Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi. L'assistente Francesca Di Monte è stata promossa alla Can. L'orgoglio del Presidente Ghirelli: "Complimenti" | LEGA PRO" (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Pro Patria beffata nel recupero". La Prealpina – Quotidiano storico di Varese, Altomilanese e Vco. (in Italian). 8 November 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, prima donna ad arbitrare in serie A: dirigerà Sassuolo-Salernitana". la Repubblica (in Italian). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, è di Livorno la prima donna ad arbitrare una squadra di uomini della Serie A". la Repubblica (in Italian). 17 December 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ Munno, Mauro (8 January 2022). "Juventus Women Milan 2-1: Girelli per il primo trofeo dell'era Montemurro". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ "Ferrieri Caputi sarà la prima donna ad arbitrare in Serie A. Trentalange: "Momento storico"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "C'è Ferrieri Caputi tra i 33 direttori di gara del Mondiale, insieme a lei 'convocati' anche Di Monte e Irrati". FIGC (in Italian). 9 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Coppa Italia: Napoli-Cremonese, terna arbitri tutta al femminile - Calcio". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 16 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
^ Sport, Sky. "Ferrieri Caputi e un altro importante traguardo. FOTO". sport.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 March 2023.
^ Pacini, Andrea (25 May 2023). "Massimiliano Irrati e Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi in Sala VAR per la finale della Women's Champions League". Associazione Italiana Arbitri (in Italian). Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ Pacini, Andrea (18 December 2023). "Una squadra arbitrale italiana per Paris - Real Madrid della UEFA Women's Champions League". www.aia-figc.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ""Un giorno di Sole", Ferrieri Caputi protagonista del docufilm della Lega: "Mi innamorai del calcio allo stadio di Livorno" | VIDEO". LivornoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "Curriculum vitae di Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi" (DOCx). Retrieved 30 September 2022.
^ "Chi è Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi, il primo arbitro donna a dirigere una squadra di Serie A in un match di Coppa Italia". Eurosport (in Italian). 15 December 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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AFC	Kate Jacewicz Kim Yu-jeong Oh Hyeon-jeong Casey Reibelt Yoshimi Yamashita
CAF	Vincentia Amedome Bouchra Karboubi Akhona Makalima Salima Mukansanga
CONCACAF	Marianela Araya Marie-Soleil Beaudoin Melissa Borjas Katia García Katja Koroleva Myriam Marcotte Tori Penso
CONMEBOL	Edina Alves Emikar Calderas María Carvajal Anahi Fernandez Laura Fortunato
OFC	Anna-Marie Keighley
UEFA	Iuliana Demetrescu Maria Sole Ferrieri Cheryl Foster Stéphanie Frappart Marta Huerta de Aza Lina Lehtovaara Ivana Martinčić Kateryna Monzul Tess Olofsson Esther Staubli Rebecca Welch

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