Edina Alves Batista
| Born |
1 October 1980 Goioerê, Brazil | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| FIFA listed | Referee | ||
Edina Alves Batista (born 10 January 1980) is a Brazilian association football referee.[1]
Career
She was an official at two games in April 2018 at the 2018 Copa América Femenina held in Chile.
She officiated several matches at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup including the semi-final between England and the United States.[2]
In 2020, she was an official at the 2020 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship held in Argentina.
On 7 February 2021, she became the first woman to officiate at a senior FIFA men's tournament, taking charge of the fifth-place match between Ulsan Hyundai and Al-Duhail at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup.[3] On 3 March 2021, she became the first female referee to take charge of a man derby between Corinthians and Palmeiras in Brazil.[4]
In 2022, She rose to prominence by refereeing in the final between Venezuela and France for the Maurice Revello, formerly Toulon, tournament. In that game, she displayed an abysmal showing, giving a total of 10 yellow cards to the Venezuelan team (including 2 to the coaching staff) while giving none to the French team. This was among numerous other incorrect calls for offsides and fouls that favored the French team. This is why many refer to this game as one of the greatest robberies of all time in a Final. The game went on to have disastrous consequences for female refereeing as a lot of people lost faith in female referees to handle intese games where players are heated.
References
- ^ "Edina Alves Batista agora é FIFA, a notícia foi oficializada pela Confederação Brasileira de Futebol" (in Portuguese). goioere.cidadeportal.com.br. 16 December 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019 - List of match officials" (PDF).
- ^ @FIFAcom (7 February 2021). "History made at the #ClubWC" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "O dérbi resiste a tudo e consagra Edina Alves Batista". uol.com (in Portuguese). 3 March 2021.
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