{"id":410949,"date":"2026-05-22T10:35:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=410949"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:36:14","slug":"brazilian-referee-to-officiate-match-in-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/brazilian-referee-to-officiate-match-in-uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian referee to officiate match in UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Brazilian refereeing trio made up of Raphael Claus, assistant referee Fabrini Bevilaqua and assistant referee Nailton Oliveira has been selected to officiate the UAE President\u2019s Cup final. The match will be played on Friday night (22) in Abu Dhabi between Al Ain and Al Jazira. Al Ain enters as the favorite after winning the UAE football league for the 15<sup>th<\/sup> time this year without losing a single match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to information from the Brazilian Football Confederation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbf.com.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBF<\/a>), the request for the Brazilian trio to officiate the match came from the UAE Football Association and was agreed upon with the CBF. In a statement, CBF Refereeing Commission president Rodrigo Cintra said the opportunity is \u201cproof that our refereeing already has worldwide recognition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am certain it\u2019ll be a great match with great refereeing. It is the most anticipated game of the 2026 season in the Middle East. This invitation is essential to confirm that we\u2019re on the right path, together, to build the world\u2019s best refereeing for the coming years,\u201d Cintra said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claus has been on FIFA\u2019s referee list since 2015, which allows him to officiate international competitions. He took part in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, where he refereed the match between England and Iran, won by the English side 6-2. The trio regularly officiates matches in Brazil\u2019s main competitions, such as the Brazilian Championship and the Copa do Brasil. The CBF has previously sent Brazilian referees to matches in Arab countries on other occasions. Anderson Daronco, for example, officiated matches in the Saudi league in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read more<\/em>:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/arab-highlights-at-the-world-cup\/\">Arab highlights at the World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"credits-overlay\" data-target=\".wp-image-410945\">\u00a9Mauro Pimentel\/AFP<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raphael Claus and assistant referees Fabrini Bevilaqua and Nailton Oliveira will take the field on Friday (22) for the UAE President\u2019s Cup final between Al Jazira and Al Ain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2316,"featured_media":410945,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109],"tags":[13644,41972,9534,43940,3260,56838,9579],"class_list":{"0":"post-410949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-al-ain-en","9":"tag-al-jazira-en","10":"tag-brazil-en","11":"tag-cbf-en","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-raphael-claus","14":"tag-uae-en"},"wps_subtitle":"Raphael Claus and assistant referees Fabrini Bevilaqua and Nailton Oliveira will take the field on Friday (22) for the UAE President\u2019s Cup final between Al Jazira and Al Ain.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410951,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410949\/revisions\/410951"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}