Marta Huerta de Aza (born 31 March 1990) is a Spanish teacher and first division football referee,[2] whose importance in Spain was recognised with the Vicente Acevedo Trophy.
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| Born |
31 March 1990[1] Palencia, Spain | ||
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2016– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Career
editHuerta de Aza became interested in becoming a referee after she attended a course when she was fifteen.[3] She works as a teacher and because she is not considered an elite athlete in the Canary Islands, she has to juggle her part-time teaching with her commitments as a referee.[4]
Huerta de Aza has been a FIFA international match referee since 2016.[5] In 2017, she refereed her first Primera División game.[3] She was awarded the Vicente Acevedo Trophy as the best Primera División referee in for the 2017-18 season.[3] On 9 February 2020, she refereed the 2020 Supercopa de España Femenina final between Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona at the Helmántico Stadium in Salamanca, which Barcelona won 10-1.[6]
On 3 October 2021, Huerta de Aza officiated her first La Liga game as the fourth official for the match between Getafe and Real Sociedad.[7] She became the first woman to serve as the fourth official in the top men's division.
In May 2022, Huerta de Aza refereed the UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinal match between Bayern Munich and PSG.[8] She refereed the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 football match between England and Austria on 6 July 2022.[9][10]
On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed Huerta de Aza and Guadalupe Porras Ayuso to the officiating pool for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[7][11] On 28, July 2023, Huerta de Aza refereed a Women's World Cup match between Haiti and China, where she controversially overturned a late penalty that had been awarded to Haiti.[12] China would go on to win the match 1–0.
Personal life
editHuerta de Aza was born in Palencia and lives in the Canary Islands.[13] She is married and has a daughter who was born in 2021.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Marta Huerta de Aza - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "La canaria Marta Huerta asciende a colegiada de Elite UEFA". www.tintaamarilla.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ a b c "La APDT premiará en la Gala del Deporte a Marta Huerta de Aza". Atlántico Hoy (in Spanish). 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "Marta Huerta: "Me ha tocado hacer locuras para conciliar arbitraje y trabajo" | Árbitros de Fútbol - Árbitro10.com". www.arbitro10.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ FIFA (September 2, 2021). "Regulations on the Nomination and Appointment of FIFA International Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
- ^ "DESIGNACIONES | Marta Huerta de Aza dirigirá la final de la Supercopa de España | rfef.es". www.rfef.es. Archived from the original on 2022-04-15. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ a b "Marta Huerta de Aza hace historia". DeporPress (in Spanish). 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ Casado, Carlos (2022-03-25). "Cinco árbitras española están en la élite del fútbol femenino europeo". Futbolísticas - Noticias fútbol femenino (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ AP, Rui Vieira-stringer. "England Austria Euro 2022 Women Soccer". New Castle News. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ UEFA.com (2022-07-06). "Who is the referee? Which officials are in charge of the Women's EURO 2022 games". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ^ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™" (Press release). FIFA. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ^ D'Urbano, Nick (July 28, 2023). "'That's a penalty': Controversial ending overshadows China's dramatic victory over Haiti". Keep Up.
- ^ a b "Marta Huerta de Aza, mamá y árbitra: "La maternidad sigue siendo tema tabú"". MARCA (in Spanish). 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2022-07-06.