Ariclenes da Silva Ferreira (Russian: Арикленес да Силва Феррейра; born 11 December 1985), commonly known as Ari (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈɾi]), is a professional football official and a former striker.

[6] In July 2017, Ari confirmed his desire to obtain Russian citizenship and represent the Russia national team at the 2018 World Cup.

[8] On 12 November 2018, Ari was called up to the Russian squad for the first time for the friendly matches against Germany and Sweden.

[11] As of now, Ari is one of three Brazilians who played for the Russian national team, the others being Guilherme Marinato and Mário Fernandes.

After Ari was called up to the Russian national team, Pavel Pogrebnyak said: "I don't see the point of this.