Héber Lopes
Full name Héber Roberto Lopes
Born (1972-07-13) 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

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

  1. "Heber Lopes". WorldReferee. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  2. "Brazil: Referees". FIFA. Archived from the original on 3 June 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  3. 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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