Esteban ladron Ostojich
Full name Esteban Daniel ladron Ostojich Vega
Born (1982-04-12) 12 April 1982 (age 41)
San José de Mayo, Uruguay
Domestic
Years League Role
2013– Uruguay Primera División Referee
International
Years League Role
2016– FIFA listed Referee

Esteban Daniel Ostojich Vega (born 12 April 1982) is a Uruguayan football referee. He has been a FIFA international referee since 2016.[1]

Refereeing career

Ostojich began officiating in the Primera División in Uruguay in 2013.[2] In 2016, he was included on the FIFA International Referees List for the first time.[1] He officiated his first CONMEBOL club fixture on 11 August 2016 in the Copa Sudamericana in a match between Sol de América of Paraguay and Jorge Wilstermann of Bolivia.[3] The following year, he officiated his first match in the Copa Libertadores, a group stage meeting between Brazilian club Grêmio and Chilean club Deportes Iquique on 12 April 2017.[4] Ostojich officiated his first senior international fixture on 16 November 2018, a friendly match between Argentina and Mexico.[5] The following year, he was selected as a referee for the 2019 Copa América in Brazil,[6] where he officiated a group stage match between Bolivia and Venezuela.[7]

He has also worked frequently as a video assistant referee (VAR), including in the second leg of the 2018 Copa Libertadores Finals, the 2019 Copa Libertadores Final and the first leg of the 2020 Recopa Sudamericana.[8][9][10] He was appointed as a VAR for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar,[11][12] and was assigned to three matches including the final between Liverpool of England and Flamengo of Brazil.[13][14][15] Due to health reasons, Ostojich replaced his compatriot Leodán González as a referee at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, held in February 2021 in Qatar.[16][17] He was selected to officiate a second round match between Mexican club UANL and South Korean club Ulsan Hyundai, as well as the final between German club Bayern Munich and UANL.[2]

Personal life

Ostojich is a native of San José de Mayo, Uruguay.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIFA 2021 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Esteban Ostojich referee profile at WorldFootball.net Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Copa Sudamericana 2016 » 1. Round » Sol de América – Jorge Wilstermann 1:1". WorldFootball.net. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Copa Libertadores 2017 » Group 8 » Grêmio Porto Alegre – Iquique 3:2". WorldFootball.net. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Friendlies 2018 » November » Argentina – Mexico 2:0". WorldFootball.net. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Árbitros convocados para la CONMEBOL Copa América – Brasil 2019" [Referees called for the CONMEBOL Copa América – Brazil 2019] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.com. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Designación de árbitros" [Referee designations] (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 22 June 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 June 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Andrés Cunha dirigirá el juego River Plate vs. Boca Juniors". CONMEBOL.com. 14 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Roberto Tobar es el árbitro designado para dirigir la final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Árbitros para el partido de Ida". CONMEBOL.com. 3 February 2020.
  11. ^ "Match officials for the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 appointed". FIFA.com. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  12. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 – List of Appointed Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  13. ^ "Match report – Second round – Al Hilal SFC v ES Tunis" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  14. ^ "Match report – Semi-finals – CF Monterrey v Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  15. ^ "Match report – Final – Liverpool FC v CR Flamengo" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  16. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020 – List of Appointed Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  17. ^ Fédération Internationale de Football Association [@fifamedia] (26 January 2021). "The FIFA Referees Committee has replaced referee Leodan Gonzalez from Uruguay for the #ClubWC, due to health reasons. His compatriot Esteban Ostojich will now travel for the tournament" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Rabinovich, Mariana (7 May 2019). "El fútbol se ha vuelto un negocio y el árbitro es parte importante" [Football has become a business and the referee is an important part]. Con Sentido (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2021.

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Preceded by Abdulrahman Al-Jassim FIFA Club World Cup Final Referee 2020 Succeeded by Chris Beath
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