Wilton Sampaio
Full name Wilton Pereira Sampaio
Born (1981-12-28) 28 December 1981 (age 42)
Teresina de Goiás, Brazil
International
Years League Role
2013– FIFA Referee
CONMEBOL Referee

Wilton Pereira Sampaio (born 28 December 1981) is a Brazilian football referee. He has been on FIFA's list of international referees since 2013.[1] His younger brother Sávio Pereira Sampaio is also a referee and on FIFA's list since 2022.[2][1]

Professional

Pereira Sampaio began refereeing at age 15, qualified in Brasilia in 2000 and currently represents the Federação Goiana de Futebol and FIFA.[3][4] He was elected as one of the best referees in the 2012 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A championships.[5]

Sampaio was considered too short by Brazilian referee head, Armando Marques, but after Marques left in 2005, Sampaio was given more high profile games.[4]

Sampaio was part of the video assistant referee (VAR) team when it was introduced in the 2018 FIFA World Cup. He also refereed in both the 2021 FIFA Arab Cup and 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[6][7]

2022 FIFA World Cup
Date Match Venue Round Attendance
21 November 2022 Senegal vs Netherlands Al Thumama Stadium, Doha Group stage 41,721[8]
29 November 2022 Netherlands vs Qatar Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Group stage 66,784[9]
3 December 2022 Netherlands vs United States Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan Round of 16 44,846[10]
10 December 2022 England vs France Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor Quarter-finals 68,895[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA 2022 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. p. 34. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ "CBF escala irmão de árbitro contra o Inter para jogo decisivo do Palmeiras na semifinal da Copa do Brasil" (in Portuguese). Lance!. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Confederação Brasileira de Futebol". Archived from the original on 21 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b Lima, Marco Paulo (19 May 2022). "Formado no DF, juiz Wilton Pereira Sampaio vai à Copa após ser considerado baixinho por Armando Marques" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Wilton Pereira Sampaio é eleito o melhor árbitro do Brasileirão 2012" [Wilton Pereira Sampaio is elected the best referee in the Brasileirão 2012] (in Portuguese). Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  6. ^ McGrath, Mike (11 December 2022). "Gary Neville calls Brazilian referee for England's defeat to France 'an absolute joke'". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  7. ^ "FIFA Arab Cup 2021™: Oman - Qatar". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Senegal vs Netherlands". FIFA.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Netherlands vs Qatar". FIFA.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Netherlands vs United States". FIFA.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  11. ^ Phil McNulty (10 December 2022). "England 1–2 France". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
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