Carlos Velasco Carballo

Carlos Velasco Carballo

Carlos Velasco Carballo (* 16th March 1971 in Madrid ) is a Spanish FIFA - football referee .

He is affiliated with the Madrid Football Association ( Federación de Fútbol de Madrid ) and directs matches in the Spanish Primera División . He made his league debut in 2004 in the game between FC Barcelona and Sevilla FC . Since 2008 he has also been active internationally. His first international match he directed was the friendly between Israel and Chile on March 26, 2008. Carlos Velasco Carballo is an engineer and works in the Madrid office of the Texan company Fluor Corporation .

On April 26, 2011 he was in charge of the semi-final first leg of the Champions League between FC Schalke 04 and Manchester United .

Carballo was appointed by UEFA on May 16, 2011 to lead the 2010/11 Europa League finals in the Dublin Arena .

On December 20, 2011, UEFA announced that Carballo was one of twelve referees at the 2012 European Football Championship . He directed a total of two games. On June 8, 2012, he led the opening game of the tournament between Poland and Greece in Warsaw , which ended 1: 1.

Carballo is also one of the referees used at the 2014 World Cup. His performance in the quarter-finals between Brazil and Colombia has been criticized.

On December 15, 2015, Carballo was nominated as referee for the 2016 European Football Championship . Along with the German Felix Brych, he is one of the seven referees who were also allowed to lead games at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil .

Appearances at the European Football Championship 2012

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 8, 2012	Warsaw	Poland	Greece	1: 1 (1: 0)
Group stage	17th June 2012	Lviv	Denmark	Germany	1: 2 (1: 1)

Appearances at the Football World Cup 2014

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	19th June 2014	São Paulo	Uruguay	England	2: 1 (1: 0)
Group stage	June 25, 2014	Salvador da Bahia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Iran	3: 1 (1: 0)
Quarter finals	4th July 2014	Fortaleza	Brazil	Colombia	2: 1 (1: 0)

Appearances at the European Football Championship 2016

phase	date	Venue	Home team	Visiting team	Result
Group stage	June 11, 2016	Lens	Albania	Switzerland	0: 1 (0: 1)
Group stage	20th June 2016	Saint-Etienne	Slovakia	England	0: 0 (0: 0)
Round of 16	June 25, 2016	Lens	Croatia	Portugal	0: 1 a.d. (0: 0)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ data on weltfussball.de
2. ↑ FIFA referee list Spain ( Memento of the original of June 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ footballdatabase.eu: Match report (Spanish) , accessed on June 9, 2012
4. ↑ Carballo whistles. FAZ, April 26, 2011.
5. ↑ Velasco Carballo whistles final. de.uefa.com, accessed May 16, 2011.
6. ↑ Announcement by UEFA. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
7. ↑ Carlos Velasco Carballo: Spaniard Velasco Carballo whistles EM opening game. Süddeutsche Zeitung, accessed on June 5, 2012.
8. ↑ Who of the 2014 World Cup referees will also be at the 2016 European Championship? em2016.net, December 17, 2015, accessed January 5, 2016 .