Marta Huerta de Aza
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| Born |
31 March 1990[1] Palencia, Spain | ||
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| Years | League | Role | |
| 2016– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
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.
Career
Huerta 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
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
Huerta 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
- ^ "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.