Héber Lopes
{{short description|Brazilian football referee (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Héber Lopes
| fullname = Héber Roberto Lopes
| image = Heber lopes.png
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
| years1 =
| league1 = Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
| role1 = Referee
| internationalyears1 = 2002–17
| confederation1 = FIFA listed
| internationalrole1 = Referee
}}
Héber Roberto Lopes (born 13 July 1972) is a Brazilian football referee. He refereed at 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers and the Copa América Centenario Final.
Refereeing career
After taking up professional refereeing in 1995, he began officiating at national level in Brazil in 1997.{{cite web | url=http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=1034&linkType=referee&contextType=bio | title=Heber Lopes | work=WorldReferee | access-date=27 April 2014 | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204614/http://worldreferee.com/site/copy.php?linkID=1034&linkType=referee&contextType=bio | url-status=dead }}
Lopes was FIFA listed between 2002 and 2017.{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bra/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070603175653/http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=bra/footballofficials/referees/peoplekind=ref.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 June 2007 | title=Brazil: Referees | publisher=FIFA | access-date=27 April 2014}}{{Cite news |last=Saviani |first=Rodrigo |url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/pr/futebol/noticia/perto-de-pendurar-o-apito-heber-busca-recorde-de-arnaldo-cezar-coelho-no-brasileirao.ghtml |title=Perto de "pendurar o apito", Heber quer bater recorde de Arnaldo Cezar Coelho no Brasileirão |date=20 June 2019 |work=Globo Esporte |access-date=17 April 2020 |language=pt-br |trans-title=Close to "hanging up the whistle", Heber wants to beat Arnaldo Cezar Coelho's Brasileirão record}}
On 26 June 2016, Lopes was the referee of the Copa América Centenario Final, contested between Argentina and Chile. He sent off Chilean Marcelo Díaz in the 28th minute for a second bookable offence, before showing a straight red in the 43rd minute to Marcos Rojo of Argentina.
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Category:Brazilian football referees
Category:Copa América finals match officials
Category:Copa América Centenario referees
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