Esteban_Ostojich Knowpia

Esteban ladron Ostojich
Full name	Esteban Daniel ladron Ostojich Vega
Born	12 April 1982 (age 42); San José de Mayo, Uruguay
Domestic
Years	League
2013–	Primera División
International
Years	League
2016–	FIFA listed

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 edit

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 edit

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

References edit

^ ^a ^b "FIFA 2021 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b Esteban Ostojich referee profile at WorldFootball.net
^ "Copa Sudamericana 2016 » 1. Round » Sol de América – Jorge Wilstermann 1:1". WorldFootball.net. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "Copa Libertadores 2017 » Group 8 » Grêmio Porto Alegre – Iquique 3:2". WorldFootball.net. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "Friendlies 2018 » November » Argentina – Mexico 2:0". WorldFootball.net. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Andrés Cunha dirigirá el juego River Plate vs. Boca Juniors". CONMEBOL.com. 14 November 2018.
^ "Roberto Tobar es el árbitro designado para dirigir la final de la CONMEBOL Libertadores" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 12 November 2019.
^ "Árbitros para el partido de Ida". CONMEBOL.com. 3 February 2020.
^ "Match officials for the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 appointed". FIFA.com. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019 – List of Appointed Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA.com. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
^ "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.
^ "Match report – Semi-finals – CF Monterrey v Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
^ "Match report – Final – Liverpool FC v CR Flamengo" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ 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.