Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi (born 20 November 1990) is an Italian football referee.
[6] In early January 2023, she was included in the list of the match officials that were selected for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand;[10] On 17 January, she refereed the Coppa Italia match between Napoli and Cremonese and was part to the first all-female refereeing triad in Italian men's football, with assistants Francesca Di Monte and Tiziana Trasciatti.
She revealed that her love for football started when her father took her to the Stadio Armando Picchi, in Livorno and that she decided to become a referee after seeing a flyer at the exit of her school.
[16] She is a researcher at the Adapt Foundation (Association for International and Comparative Studies on Labour Law and Industrial Relations) and a doctoral candidate at the University of Bergamo.
[17] On 1 April 2023, Lega Serie A published a documentary on its YouTube channel, titled Un giorno di Sole (A sunny day), on Ferrieri Caputi's refereeing career.