Fernanda Colombo Wiki, Bio, Age, Husband, Family, Net Worth, Nationality, Parents, Height and Instagram
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Fernanda Colombo Biography – Fernanda Colombo Wiki
Fernanda Colombo Uliana is a Brazilian referee, sports journalist, presenter, and commentator. She writes for Brazilian publication Metropoles.
Colombo earned her bachelor’s degree in physical education. She worked as a model before turning to a referee. She earned her breakthrough as a referee during the 2014 Copa do Brasil as a groundbreaking female officiant. She served as an assistant referee at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and also officiated at the 2018 World Cup in Russia as an official FIFA judge. According to Fernanda Colombo’s Instagram, she has officiated a number of games in Ecuador.
In her debut in the Brazilian Serie A Championship, she pointed out a non-existent offside, to which a commentator exclaimed on TV, “The assistant is beautiful but is not ready for this. She’s beautiful, but you have to be good at your job. She should leave it and pose for Playboy.”
Fernanda Colombo Age
She was born on April 24, 1991 in Southern Brazil.
Fernanda Colombo Husband
Fernanda Colombo’s husband is fellow Brazilian referee Sandro Ricci.
Fernanda Colombo Nationality
She is of Brazilian nationality.
Fernanda Colombo Handkerchief Prank
Referee Fernanda Colombo went viral after teasing Barcelona Sporting Club player Kitu Díaz in a match in the Estrellas de Ecuador league.
She called the player over and put her hand in her pocket as if to reach for a card… instead pulling out a handkerchief to wipe her brow and grinning at the player who thought he was going to get booked.
Referee Fernanda Colombo in Brazil is what the world needs now pic.twitter.com/qardYD0ZdZ
— Tancredi Palmeri (@tancredipalmeri) June 30, 2019
Unfortunately, after the clip went viral, Colombo received an email about an “immoral sexual proposal.” In the email, she was offered work “meeting clients” for at least “7 thousand” per encounter.
Colombo posted a screenshot of the indecent proposal on her Instagram account and wrote that it had left her feeling like “trash”. “I want to tell the world that I just want to do what I love, which means working with football and journalism. Please respect that”, she wrote.
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