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The other two dreams to be pursued by Feliz are to participate in the Olympic Games and to be the first immortal official of the Dominican sport in soccer.
Helpys Raymundo Happy is a special being, he has 8 siblings and three dreams. He is the only son shared by his parents and the only treasure of his mother.
Professor Victoria Cuevas took it. hand in hand, he was father and mother, he taught her & ñ & gué; to persevere as the only way to turn dreams into reality.
“Now that this opportunity has come to me, which more than a blessing is a great commitment for me and for the country, in which I cannot fail, I have to tell my mother that my first dream has come true. he is making it a reality, going to a World Cup.
“I was very giddy because I worked in the Air Force Sports area, but they fired me (to me and many other athletes) after I sacrificed more than six years organizing and teaching the fundamentals of this discipline, suddenly it hit me. he left working with the boxing team in the physical preparation and rehabilitation part… I can’t hide it, the news of going to the World Cup It comforts me, but it is a great responsibility, to put this small country on the World Cup map for the first time as a coach and open the door to our talent, that makes me forget any other setback and know that by working they get things”, he detailed. Victoria’s son.
Passion in sports
he grew up in Invivienda and never called. his attention was soccer, he was in love with the 10 thousand meters (10 kilometers), high jump and a bit of swimming in his college life at APEC, where he graduated from college. of Marketing and achieved a technician in Tourism. But his academic plans disappeared when his sports mentor Roque García, who the first soccer seminar.
“It was Roque who got me into trouble. In this, he did well in that seminar and then the federation included me. in another FIFA seminar for ‘prospective referees’ in Panama, from there continued everything with ups and downs, because nothing here. It has been fortuitous, we have worked so that the country could achieve this goal”, explains Helpys, 32 years old.
The other two dreams to be pursued by Feliz are to participate in the Olympic Games and to be the first immortal official of the Dominican sport in soccer.
The pioneer FIFA
De this way became He became the first Dominican referee to be appointed for a senior FIFA World Cup.
The fact was confirmed. when the FIFA Referees Committee announced this Thursday, May 19, the lists of the referees selected for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
In 2019, Raymundo Feliz in the U20 World Cup in Poland.
The Creole is He was among the 69 assistant referees who will accompany the group that also includes 36 referees and 24 members of the video refereeing team for the ecumenical event in Qatar that will take place. held from November 21 to December 18 of this year.
For FIFA, the selected referees represent the highest level of refereeing in the world.
“As always, we have put quality before everything else, and the selected referees have the highest quality. ;top world level”, he explained. Pierluigi Collina, President of the FIFA Referees Committee.
The “Heading to Qatar 2022” started in 2019. More than 50 refereeing trios were analyzed as possible candidates, which have undergone intense preparation. However, the COVID-19 pandemic made this preparation not easy at all, since face-to-face activities were suspended for a long time -reviews the information note from the body that regulates football worldwide .
The summoned arbitrators will participate during the months of June and July in several seminars (Asunción, Madrid and Doha), in which they will review and analyze videos of They will participate in real match situations, and will participate in practical training sessions with soccer players, which will be recorded so that the participants receive immediate feedback from the instructors.
Helpys Raymundo Feliz also He made history for Dominican arbitration on May 4 when he was designated by the Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean for the second leg of the 2022 Concacaf Champions League final, an unprecedented event.