Rhamon da Silva is a 29-year-old soccer referee who calls his matches in Brazil with an electronic anklet.
The football referee on parole for robbery who calls the games with an electronic anklet
The referee, who is on parolehe handed over his passport to Justice and cannot leave his city, he spent a year and a half in jail convicted of armed robbery.
I ended up immersing myself in cocaine and that led me to carry out this robbery.
“Unfortunately, I got involved with the wrong people. I had never done that in my life and it happened to me. I ended up getting into cocaine and that led me to carry out this robbery,” he acknowledged in ‘Globoesporte’.
I was arrested, I spent one year, six months, 28 days and 30 minutes in prison
“I was arrested, I spent one year, six months, 28 days and 30 minutes in prison. On October 30, I will be on the street for five months,” said Da Silva.
To referee the nighttime matches of the Natal amateur league, the reinstated Rhamon da Silva, who In 2024 you will be able to call federated matches againyou must request special permission, since you must comply with strict schedules to comply with your parole.
At first I was afraid, afraid of wearing an anklet, because many people criticize, they think that there are no changes in people.
“At first I was afraid, afraid of wearing an anklet, because many people criticize, they think that there are no changes in people. And I am a totally opposite example that there is change, yes. At first it was very difficult to carry, but today “On the day I am very calm, I take it as a joke, I take it calmly,” explained the referee.
Rhamon da Silva: “I’m paying for my mistake. I don’t owe anyone anything”
“I am paying for my mistake. I don’t owe anything to anyone. Nobody is capable of judging me or prejudging me because what does this today is the justice of man, that I wear this anklet, and, above all, the justice of God,” noted Rhamon da Silva, who obtained his referee license in 2015 in the Rio Grande do Norte Federation.
Rhamon da Silva, who has overcome the drug addiction that led him to commit crimeshas recognized Augusto Cesar Gomes that now “I am a completely different person, who is fighting for my own interests and also reintegrating into society.”
In his fight to reintegrate into society, Rhamon da Silva has bet heavily on two of his great passions: nursing (he helps at the Unidade Bsica de Sade no Alto da Torre in his Redinha neighborhood) and being a soccer referee.
I hope, in the future, to find myself in the position of FIFA referee, whether as a line or main referee, calling matches all over the world. And I dream of a World Cup
“I hope, in the future, to find myself in the position of FIFA referee, whether as a line or main referee, calling matches all over the world. And I dream of a World Cup,” he acknowledged in the Brazilian press.