![]() Kastrati in 2022 | |||
Born |
Prizren, Kosovo | 24 October 1986||
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Other occupation | Software engineer | ||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2010– | FFK | Referee | |
2017– | Superliga | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2020– | FIFA listed | Referee |
Visar Kastrati is a Kosovan football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2020 and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee.
In 2023, Kastrati was awarded by Football Federation of Kosova as the "Best Referee of the Year".[1][2][3][4][5]
In 2022, he was named "Best Sports Referee of the Year" by the local Municipality in Prishtina.[6][7][8]
Kastrati has been promoted as a referee in the Kosovo Superliga, the national top-flight, during the 2016–17 season; in the same season, he started attending UEFA’s Centre of Refereeing Excellence (CORE) program,[9] and eventually became a FIFA referee in 2020.[10]
On 13 October 2020, Kastrati refereed his first international match, taking charge of a 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifier between Romania and Malta.[11][12]
In September 2022, Kastrati was appointed to referee the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage match between Gent and Shamrock Rovers.[13]
In June 2023, he refereed Kosovo Cup Final match between SC Gjilani and FC Prishtina. A day before, he refereed Relegation match between FC Ferizaj and FC Liria.[14]
Kastrati has a degree of Master of Science in Software Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of Sheffield.[15] Beyond refereeing, he works as an information technology consulting at the Central Election Commission in Kosovo.[citation needed]
Since 2021, he also works as a lead VAR instructor for the Football Federation of Kosovo.[16][17]