Héber Lopes Explained

Héber Lopes
Fullname:Héber Roberto Lopes
Birth Date:13 July 1972
Birth Place:Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
League1:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Role1:Referee
Internationalyears1:2002–17
Confederation1:FIFA listed
Internationalrole1: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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Heber Lopes . WorldReferee . 27 April 2014.
  2. Web site: Brazil: Referees . https://web.archive.org/web/20070603175653/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bra/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html . dead . 3 June 2007 . FIFA . 27 April 2014.
  3. News: Saviani . Rodrigo . Perto de "pendurar o apito", Heber quer bater recorde de Arnaldo Cezar Coelho no Brasileirão . 20 June 2019 . Globo Esporte . 17 April 2020 . pt-br . Close to "hanging up the whistle", Heber wants to beat Arnaldo Cezar Coelho's Brasileirão record.