Sandro Meira Ricci (born 19 November 1974) is a retired Brazilian football referee and currently serves as the Manager of Senior Referees for PRO.

[1] He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers,[2] beginning with the match between Ecuador and Paraguay on 26 March 2013.

During his debut match France-Honduras, which was played on 15 June 2014, he was the first referee in the world to validate a goal by means of the newly introduced goal line technology.

He was selected once again to be the Brazilian referee at the 2018 FIFA World Cup on Russia.

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