Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Antonio Mateu Lahoz, 2012

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (born March 12, 1977 in Algimia de Alfara , Valencia ) is a Spanish football referee of the Primera División . He is a member of the Valencian Referees Association and is a sports teacher by profession .

He has been a FIFA referee since January 2011 . His first international game he was in charge of was a friendly between the U-21 national teams of Italy and England on February 8, 2011. He has already played two games in the UEFA Champions League , one in the third qualifying round and one in the group stage of the 2012 season / 2013.

His career highlight so far has been the nomination as referee for the 2016 Olympic Football Tournament , where he chaired the two group games between Brazil and Sudan and Argentina and Honduras.

On March 29, 2018, FIFA nominated him as the only Spanish referee for the 2018 World Cup . Pau Cebrián Devís and Roberto Díaz Pérez accompany him as assistants .

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2018

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 21, 2018	Samara	Denmark	Australia	1: 1 (1: 1)
Group stage	June 26, 2018	Rostov on Don	Iceland	Croatia	1: 2 (0: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mateu Lahoz fussballzz.de, accessed on April 11, 2018
2. ^ Antonio Mateu Lahoz »Games as referee weltfussball.de, accessed on April 11, 2018
3. ↑ Antonio Mateu Lahoz »Matches as referee worldfootball.net, accessed on April 11, 2018 (English)
4. ↑ fifa.com: Referees - Olympic Football Tournament Men from May 2, 20160
5. ↑ List of Match Officials for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. (PDF; 262 KB) (No longer available online.) FIFA, March 29, 2018, archived from the original on March 30, 2018 ; accessed on May 5, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.