Cristina Cini of Florence

Florence

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, Tuscany

Tuscany

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, is the only Italian

Italy

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 woman assistant referee in the Italian professional European football

European football

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 league.

Cini refereed her first match in serie B

Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie bwin due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the...

 in the 2002/2003 championship, assisting referee Dattilo in Triestina-Venezia, in September 2002. At the end of the season, on May 24, 2003, she refereed serie A

Serie A

Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...

, helping Tiziano Pieri in the Juventus-Chievo

A.C. ChievoVerona

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match.

External links

• (in Italian) Italian football federation (news about Cini);
• (in Italian) calciodonna.it (news about Cini);
• (in Italian) Belisario Foundation, that awarded Cini on 2003.

she also officiated the game between ac milan and reginna.