Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi will take charge of Sassuolo’s game against Salernitana this weekend, becoming the first female to referee a match in Serie A.
She has already managed a top-flight Italian team once before, when she took charge of Cagliari’s Coppa Italia victory against Cittadella last December.
Ferrieri Caputi refereed regional matches until 2015 before she began progressing through the national league system, beginning in Serie D, the fourth tier of Italian football. She follows in the footsteps of a number of female referees who are making their mark at the top of the men’s game. Frenchwoman Stephanie Frappart made UEFA Champions League history when she became the first woman to referee a match and she was also the first female to take charge of a Ligue 1 game.
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