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| Full name | Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos | ||
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| Born | 25 May 1988 Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | ||
| Other occupation | Physical education teacher | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| FFMS | Referee | ||
| FPF | Referee | ||
| Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino and others | Referee | ||
| 2018– | CBF (national) | FIFA-listed referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2018– | FIFA | International referee | |
| CONMEBOL | International referee | ||
Daiane Caroline Muniz dos Santos (25 May 1988) is a Brazilian physical education teacher and soccer referee. [1] [2]
Daiane is from Três Lagoas, a city located in the interior of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul. [2] [3] She graduated in physical education from the University Center of Santa Fé do Sul (Unifunec), located in Santa Fé do Sul, in the interior of São Paulo. [4]
Since 2018, she has been a member of FIFA's panel of referees. [3] [5] [6] In 2020, she became the first woman to be the main referee in a match of the South Mato Grosso Men's Championship, in the game between Corumbaense and Maracaju. [7] [8] She later transferred to the Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF), the entity responsible for soccer in the state of São Paulo, and participated in video refereeing in the Brazilian Championship Series A. [9] [10]
In 2022, she served as a video assistant referee (VAR) at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica. [4] [11] She also performed the same role at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. [12] [13] She suffered gender discrimination during the São Paulo State Championship match on 21 February 2026, between Red Bull Bragantino and São Paulo, held in the city of Bragança Paulista, when Bragantino defender Gustavo Marques complained that a game of that magnitude could not be refereed by a woman. [14] The club will decide what punishment will be applied to the player. [15]
These are statistics from major national and international competitions.
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Group A | 22 October | 1–0 | Félix Sánchez | Santo Domingo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [16] | ||
| Group C | 17 October | 4–1 | Cibao FC | Santiago de los Caballeros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [17] | |||
| Final | 3 November | 1–1 (4–3 pens.) | Félix Sánchez | Santo Domingo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [18] | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Group C | 7 November | Deportivo Cali | 8–0 | C.D. Real Tomayapo | Osvaldo Domínguez Dibb | Asunción | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [19] |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2024 | First stage | 19 March | Flamengo | 1–2 | Cruzeiro | Luso-Brasileiro | Rio de Janeiro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [20] |
| 27 March | Avaí FC/Kindermann | 1–3 | América-MG | Carlos A. C. Neves | Caçador | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | [21] | ||
| 11 May | Cruzeiro | 3–0 | Botafogo | Castor Cifuentes | Nova Lima | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [22] | ||
| Quarter-finals | 27 August | Corinthians | 1–0 | Red Bull Bragantino | Canindé | São Paulo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [23] | |
| Final | 22 September | Corinthians | 2–0 | São Paulo | Neo Química Arena | São Paulo | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [24] | |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Second turn | 24 November | América-MG | 3–0 | Brusque | Independência | Belo Horizonte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | [25] |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2021 | First stage | 27 June | Botafogo-SP | 1–0 | Oeste | Estádio Santa Cruz (Arena Nicnet) | Ribeirão Preto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [26] |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2020 | First stage – Group A4 | 20 September | Vitória da Conquista | 2–0 | Coruripe | Lomantão | Vitória da Conquista | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [27] |
| First stage – Group A7 | 11 October | Nacional-PR | 1–2 | Bangu | Estádio Municipal Olímpico Erich George | Rolândia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [28] | |
| First stage – Group A8 | 21 October | Pelotas | 1–1 | CA Tubarão | Boca do Lobo | Pelotas | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [29] | |
| 2021 | First stage – Group A4 | 13 June | Sergipe | 1–0 | Retrô | Arena Batistão | Aracaju | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [30] |
| First stage – Group A5 | 14 August | Jaraguá-GO | 1–1 | Aparecidense | Amintas de Freitas Stadium | Jaraguá, Goiás | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | [31] | |
| 2024 | First stage – Group A1 | 18 May | Porto Velho | 2–0 | Manaus | Aluizão | Porto Velho | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [32] |
| First stage – Group A2 | 9 June | Tocantinópolis | 3–0 | Águia de Marabá | Ribeirão | Tocantinópolis | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [33] | |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 6 February | Corinthians | 3–0 | Palmeiras | Neo Química Arena | São Paulo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [34] |
| 2024 | Quarter-finals | 10 February | Real Brasília | 0–1 | Cruzeiro | Bezerrão | Gama | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [35] |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2021 | First stage | 14 December | Ferroviária | 0–2 | Internacional | Gabriel M. da Silva | Santana de Parnaíba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [36] |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Edition | Stage | Date | Match | Stadium | City | Cards | Pen. | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home team | Score | Away team | ||||||||||
| 2021 | Int. Manaus | 25 November | 6–1 | Arena da Amazônia | Manaus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | [37] | ||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||