An important match tomorrow between England y spain It required a great referee to direct it. That is why UEFA bets again on what is considered the best collegiate in the world: the French Stephanie Frappart. On May 19, the FIFA made her designation official for the next World Cup in Qatar along with three other collegiate members.
It will also be the second game that he leads Spain in this European Championship, which he already whistled for in the defeat against Germany in the group stage.
One more sample of the weight of the French collegiate who already dodged the year spent in the European Championship masculine last summer where he acted as an assistant to easy in the opening match between Turkey and Italy. Months before, he had also made his debut in the Champions League, directing the duel between Juventus and Dynamo kyiv in December 2020.
The gala collegiate rose to fame in August 2019 when she was chosen by the UEFA to officiate the men’s European Super Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea, which ended in a tie at two, thus becoming the first woman to do so. That day she was assisted by other women in the bands: Manuela Nicosi and Michelle O’Neal. it was the turkish Cuneyt Cakir who acted as fourth collegiate.
Frappart already in 2014 became the first woman to officiate a Ligue 2 match in France. It would be in April 2019 when she gave the jump to Ligue 1 debuting in an Amiens-Strasbourg. Months later she completed her promotion to the French first division becoming the first woman to do so.
At an international level, she has had the rosette since 2011. In 2018 she was the collegiate chosen by FIFA to whistle the final of the U20 World Cup held in France that faced Spain and Japan. A year later she whistled the final of the absolute women’s World Cup between the Netherlands and the United States. Last year she was chosen as the best referee in the world by the IFFHS. She also refereed the opening match and final of the 2015 Women’s World Cup.
This past season the Frenchwoman has whistled 17 matches in the French first division and another two in the Cup, as well as two matches in the men’s competitions of UEFA. Both in the Europa League and in the Conference League.
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