Cláudia Vasconcelos Guedes (born 30 March 1963) is a Brazilian former football referee. At the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup she became the first woman to referee a match in FIFA competition.[1]

Cláudia Vasconcelos
Full name Cláudia Vasconcelos Guedes
Born (1963-03-30) 30 March 1963 (age 61)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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  1. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup - China PR 1991". FIFA. Archived from the original on 11 March 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013. In keeping with the true spirit of the celebration, six female referees or assistant referees were appointed among match officials for the first time in FIFA history. Claudia de Vasconcelos of Brazil, the referee for the 3rd-place match, became the first woman to officiate at this level for FIFA.
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