UEFA announced on Tuesday that 44-year-old Portuguese referee Artur Soares Dias is one of the 19 candidates for Euro 2024.
Artur Soares Dias will be present again in the final stage of the European Championship, after he was at Euro 2020. Portuguese Thiago Martins also made his debut as a video referee (VAR).
Joao Dias will be responsible for training the national referees during the European Championship.
As part of the cooperation between UEFA and CONMEBOL, Argentine referee Facundo Tello and two assistants will be present in the competition, which will be held in Germany during the period from June 14 to July 14.
The list consists of 19 names:
- Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
- Jesus Gil Manzano (Spain)
- Marco Guida (Italy)
- Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
- Ivan Kruzliak (Slovakia)
- François Letquer (France)
- Danny Makele (Netherlands)
- Simon Marciniak (Poland)
- Halil Umut Miller (Türkiye)
- Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)
- Michael Oliver (England)
- Daniele Orsato (Italy)
- Sandro Charrier (Switzerland)
- Daniel Seibert (Germany)
- Anthony Taylor (England)
- Clement Turpin (France)
- Slavko Vincic (Slovenia)
- Felix Zwier (Germany)
- Facundo Tello (Argentina)
After the appointment of Artur Soares Dias, the President of the Arbitration Board of the Portuguese Football Federation expressed his satisfaction, which represents “the fruit of the work of Portuguese arbitration.”
“We have received with natural satisfaction the appointment by UEFA of Artur Soares Dias and the assistant referees Paulo Soares and Pedro Ribeiro, as well as the video referee Thiago Martins for the final stage of the European Championship 2024, which is a more than important effort of this group of referees. This appointment is the result of the work developed by Portuguese refereeing.” Within and outside our country,” José Fontelas Gómez highlighted in his talk to Losa.
“But it is also an award for all those who, from Sunday to Sunday, from regions to professionals, strive to honor this very important sector of Portuguese football, which, once again, deserves international recognition. It is also fair to highlight the work of everyone who contributes to coaching.” “These are very important elements for the success of our rulers.”
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