It's one more line to his - already - incredible CV.
At 37, Stéphanie Frappart became, this Saturday afternoon, the first woman to referee a qualifying match for a Men's World Cup.
The native of Val-d'Oise indeed led the match between the Netherlands and Latvia, a match which took place at the Arena Johan-Cruyff in Amsterdam, in front of a few happy spectators.
Information that Fifa did not fail to tweet.
“Stéphanie Frappart a little more in history!
Congratulations on becoming the first woman to referee a men's World Cup qualifying match, ”posted the instance.
📘 Stephanie Frappart makes more history!
Congratulations on becoming the first female to referee a men's #WCQ 👏 pic.twitter.com/DhjWj1mbVe
- FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) March 27, 2021
A true pioneer of arbitration in France, and now at the world level, Stéphanie Frappart has regularly broken down the clichés and barriers between men and women at the whistle.
She is thus the first Frenchwoman to have refereed a men's professional match, in Ligue 2 in 2014, then the first to have refereed a match in Ligue 1 in 2019.
She also officiated in the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final in France and the 2019 UEFA Men's Super Cup (between Liverpool and Chelsea).
She became the first woman to lead an international men's meeting in official competition in 2019, on the occasion of the League of Nations and to referee in the Men's Champions League in 2020 (between Juventus Turin and Dynamo Kiev in December).
Despite her 1.64 m, she is respected on the lawns by her fair decisions.
She was voted best referee in the world in 2019 and 2020.
Encourage girls to officiate
“It is both a privilege, an honor and a responsibility.
I hope that my career will encourage young girls to engage in arbitration, ”said Stéphanie Frappart in the summer of 2019, on the eve of her first full season in the elite - finally interrupted by the coronavirus in March.
However, she refuses to be considered a spokesperson.
“This is not my goal, but we always need examples and models, she told the Parisian, in 2020. I force myself to speak while normally, I prefer to express myself on the lawn.
But I am also aware of my role.
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Note that the Ukrainian Kateryna Monzul will be the referee for Austria-Faroe Islands this Sunday.
She will therefore be, for a few hours, the second woman in history to lead a qualifying match for a Men's World Cup.
