A controversial Brazilian lineswoman, who stripped
nude for Playboy magazine, has been taken off the 'elite list' of
referees in her country.
Ana Paula Oliveira was left off the list of
Brazilian match officials the FA put forward to FIFA for international
consideration.
The 29-year-old had already hit the headlines in her home country in May by wrongly disallowing a goal in a Copa Brasil match.
She served a three-match suspension but her
career now looks in tatters after a Brazilian FA spokesman said: 'Since
she cares more about showing herself off than her job, the FA was
justified in leaving her off the list.'
Oliveira made a reported L125,000 from the deal
- but it's not the first time she's courted controversy as the picture
below shows.