Anderson Daronco (born 5 January 1981) is an association football referee. He has worked as a referee in the Campeonato Gaúcho, the Copa do Nordeste, Campeonato Brasileiro and the Copa do Brasil.

Anderson Daronco
Born (1981-01-05) 5 January 1981 (age 43)
Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
Other occupation Handball player, physical education instructor
Domestic
Years League Role
2009– Campeonato Gaúcho Referee
2009– Campeonato Brasileiro Série C Referee
2009– Campeonato Brasileiro Série B Referee
2011– Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Referee
International
Years League Role
2017– FIFA Listed Referee

Early life edit

Anderson Daronco played handball from ten to twenty-one years. In 1998 he entered the Faculty of Physical Education.[1]

He underwent a referee course at the Federação Gaúcha de Futebol[2] and later had to quit his career as a Physical Education teacher to devote more time to refereeing.

On 30 October 2014, he became a FIFA referee, making him the third Gaucho member to join the FIFA referee group, along with Leandro Pedro Vuaden. He revealed that his aspires to one day officiate at a World Cup. He was selected to take part in the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[3][4][5][2]

Career edit

During the 2018 Campeonato Gaúcho, a photo and false news involving Daronco went viral. To ascertain the evidence, newspaper GaúchaZH subsidiary of Zero Hora got Professor Robert Tieztman, the coordinator of the research group ViDiCa Cultural Cultura Audiovisual Digital at PUCRS to study the images. He proofed that the information was false through a video showing five "grotesque" errors between the original and the fake photo.[6]

In January 2019, Daronco reported that the director of the Veranópolis, Ademir Bertoglio uttered several curses against him and his referee team during the game. Later, a fan wearing a Veranópolis shirt also invaded the locker rooms, cursed and threatened the referees with death.[7]

The Court of Sports Justice of Rio Grande do Sul (TJD-RS) studied the case and somehow denounced the VEC due to the threats directed at the arbitrators. In an article written for GauchaZH, journalist Diori Vasconcelos said that there are no reasons to justify the threats directed at referees and that some strong measures should be taken by the Gaucho Football Federation. "Things went beyond all limits, not only because of what happened in Veranópolis. We are experiencing a lot Gauchão in which the president of Pelotas was punched in the face of a 'fan.' What else will need to happen for action to be taken? " [8]

In July 2019, the incident and his life was used as one of the themes of a series of parodies by Marcelo Adnet , " Soy loco por Copa América " , showcased on Rede Globo , which addressed the fact that the Daronco does not accept insults and that his stature and athletic appearance made him stay known as "strong judge".[9] In August 2019, Daronco stopped a game between Vasco da Gama and São Paulo due to homophobic screams uttered by the Vasco fans. The posture was praised by the Brazilian Football Confederation.[10][11] It was the first time that a football match was interrupted in Brazil due to homophobic chants.[12]

Later, Daronco explained that the reason of stopping the game "is not something in my head. We have an orientation in this direction. (…) we don't just stick to a homophobic chant, there's a whole issue involving racism, or facts that can incite violence, such as banners in the field and xenophobic chants."[13]

On August 30, 2020, after a game featuring Grêmio versus Caxias game, comments about Daronco's stature and physical presence went viral on social media, gaining coverage in the Spanish-language press.[14][15][16]

On March 27, 2022, after an international football match between Peru and Uruguay, Peruvian newspaper El Comercio and other international media outlets criticized Daronco for a supposed history of refereeing favorable for the Uruguayan side.[17][18] According to sports journalist Marco Quilca Leon, Daronco declined to use goal-line technology after a highly controversial play at the 92 minute, where it seemed that Uruguay goalkeeper Sergio Rochet stopped a ball inside his own goal.[17] The Peruvian Football Federation filed an official complaint to FIFA against Daronco after the match.[19]

Personal life edit

He is married to Luciane Daronco. He has two children, Arthur and Hector Daronco.[20] He keeps his family life private away from the public due to the risks related to being a referee.[21]

Daronco was born and lives in Maria, Rio Grande do Sul where some of his Physical Education students died in the Kiss nightclub fire in 2013 when was a PE instructor and teacher.[22] In 2015, during the 2015 Brazilian Nationals, Daronco was involved in 27 matches, setting a record of the highest matches officiated in Brazil within that period. In the process he received an amount of 100,000 reais the highest amount.[23] In 2017, he referred 21 matches again the most from Rio Grande do Sul which also translated to 84,000 reais.[24] Daranco stated that his passion for the sport made him muscular even though that was not his intention.[22]

In 2017, he weighed 90 kg, after losing around 3 or 4 kg, due to the advice of committees and physical instructors who cautioned and advised him to reduce the extra weight to avoid problems in his career in the short and long term.[22] With his weight he is able to run 40 meters in less than six seconds and trains practically every day due to his job.[22]

References edit

  1. ^ "Anderson Daronco desmente rumores de que virou árbitro por não saber jogar futebol". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  2. ^ a b "Conheça um pouco da história de Anderson Daronco". www.folhadonoroeste.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  3. ^ ""É um primeiro passo antes de um objetivo maior", diz Anderson Daronco, novo árbitro Fifa". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  4. ^ "Blog do Diori » Arquivo » Anderson Daronco é confirmado no quadro da FIFA para 2015: "não é o último passo na carreira"" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2014-12-15. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  5. ^ Redação (2018-04-18). "Conheça um pouco da história de Anderson Daronco". Folha do Noroeste. Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  6. ^ "VÍDEO: cinco erros na foto falsa de Daronco com camisa do Grêmio". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  7. ^ "Vamos matar vocês': Daronco relata ameaças em súmula após partida do Internacional". Fox Sportes. 2019-01-31. Archived from the original on 2019-09-25. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  8. ^ "Ameaça de morte a árbitro do Gauchão não pode ser ignorada". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2019-02-01. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  9. ^ ""Soy loco por Copa América": Marcelo Adnet vai de Daronco a Léo Batista na zoeira". 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  10. ^ "Homofobia em São Januário: CBF aprova paralisação de Daronco". Extra Online (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  11. ^ "Opinião: se as torcidas não pararem com os gritos homofóbicos, o jogo deve parar". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  12. ^ "Com homofobia não tem jogo". El País. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  13. ^ "Daronco explica paralisação de jogo por cantos homofóbicos". Grupo RBS. 2019-08-26. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  14. ^ "¿Árbitro de día y luchador de noche? El impresionante físico de Daronco". BeSoccer (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  15. ^ "El impactante físico de este árbitro revienta las redes sociales". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  16. ^ "El impresionante físico del Pitana brasileño". Olé (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  17. ^ a b "¿Quién es Anderson Daronco, el árbitro involucrado en dos polémicas que favorecieron a Uruguay?". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  18. ^ "Críticas al VAR: así reaccionó la prensa internacional a la polémica en el Perú vs. Uruguay". Depor (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  19. ^ "Perú presenta denuncia ante la FIFA contra árbitro brasileño". Chicago Tribune (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  20. ^ Sérgio Gandolphi e Marco Aurélio Souza (2015-12-06). "Daronco já voou pelas Américas o equivalente a duas voltas ao mundo". Globo Esporte. Rede Globo. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  21. ^ ""Árbrito não é inimigo", diz Daronco. Eleito o melhor do brasileirão 2015". Grupo RBS. 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  22. ^ a b c d "Perfil: Anderson Daronco, o 'juiz fortão' que não gosta de medir os músculos". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  23. ^ "Árbitro recordista de jogos em 2015 ganhou R$ 100 mil no Brasileirão". Gazeta do Povo. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  24. ^ "Árbitros ganham salário top para apitar o Brasileirão". Gazeta do Povo. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2019-09-28.

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