Marta Huerta de Aza

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Huerta and the second or maternal family name is De Aza.
Marta Huerta de Aza
Born (1990-03-31) 31 March 1990[1]
Palencia, Spain
International
Years League Role
2016– FIFA listed Referee

Life

Born in Palencia, she lives in the Canary Islands.[3] She became interested in becoming a referee after she went on a course when she was fifteen.[4] She has been a FIFA international match referee since 2016.[5]

She works as a teacher and because she is not considered an elite athlete in the Canaries she has to juggle her part-time teaching with her commitments as a referee.[6]

In 2017 she refereed her first First Women's Division game.[4] She was awarded the Vicente Acevedo Trophy as the best referee in Spain.[4]

On 9 February 2019, she was the referee for the 2020 Spanish Women's Soccer Super Cup final. The match was between Real Sociedad and FC Barcelona at the Helmántico Stadium in Salamanca (The score was 1-10).[7]

On 3 October 2021 she was a referee in a First Division game. The game was between Getafe and Real Sociedad. The other referee was Jorge Figueroa Vázquez and they had two assistants: Guadalupe Porras Ayuso and Yeray Carreño Cabrera.[8] She became the first woman to serve as the fourth referee in the men's First Division. In May 2022, she was a referee in UEFA Women's Champions League quarter finals, between Bayern Munich and PSG.[9]

She refereed the Women Euro 2022 football game between England and Austria on July 6, 2022.[10][11]

She and Jorge Figueroa Vázquez have been chosen as referees for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.[8]

Private life

She is married and has a daughter who was born in 2021.[3]

References
  1. "Marta Huerta de Aza - Player Profile - Football". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  2. "La canaria Marta Huerta asciende a colegiada de Elite UEFA". www.tintaamarilla.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  3. "Marta Huerta de Aza, mamá y árbitra: "La maternidad sigue siendo tema tabú"". MARCA (in Spanish). 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  4. "La APDT premiará en la Gala del Deporte a Marta Huerta de Aza". Atlántico Hoy (in Spanish). 2019-03-20. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  5. FIFA (September 2, 2021). "Regulations on the Nomination and Appointment of FIFA International Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved July 6, 2022.
  6. "Marta Huerta: "Me ha tocado hacer locuras para conciliar arbitraje y trabajo" | Árbitros de Fútbol - Árbitro10.com". www.arbitro10.com. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
  7. "DESIGNACIONES | Marta Huerta de Aza dirigirá la final de la Supercopa de España | rfef.es". www.rfef.es. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  8. "Marta Huerta de Aza hace historia". DeporPress (in Spanish). 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  9. 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.
  10. AP, Rui Vieira-stringer. "England Austria Euro 2022 Women Soccer". New Castle News. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
  11. 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.
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