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| Born | (1990-03-31)31 March 1990 (age 35)[1] Palencia, Spain | ||
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| 2016– | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Marta Huerta de Aza (born 31 March 1990) is a Spanish teacher and first divisionfootball referee,[2] whose importance in Spain was recognised with theVicente Acevedo Trophy.
Huerta de Aza became interested in becoming a referee after she attended a course when she was fifteen.[3] She works as a teacher and because she is not considered an elite athlete in theCanary Islands, she has to juggle her part-time teaching with her commitments as a referee.[4]
Huerta de Aza has been aFIFA international match referee since 2016.[5] In 2017, she refereed her firstPrimera División game.[3] She was awarded the Vicente Acevedo Trophy as the best Primera División referee in for the2017-18 season.[3] On 9 February 2020, she refereed the2020 Supercopa de España Femenina final betweenReal Sociedad andFC Barcelona at theHelmántico Stadium inSalamanca, which Barcelona won 10-1.[6]
On 3 October 2021, Huerta de Aza officiated her firstLa Liga game as the fourth official for the match betweenGetafe andReal Sociedad.[7] She became the first woman to serve as the fourth official in the top men's division.
In May 2022, Huerta de Aza refereed theUEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinal match betweenBayern Munich andPSG.[8] She refereed theUEFA Women's Euro 2022 football match betweenEngland andAustria on 6 July 2022.[9][10]
On 9 January 2023, FIFA appointed Huerta de Aza and Guadalupe Porras Ayuso to the officiating pool for the2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.[7][11] On 28, July 2023, Huerta de Aza refereed a Women's World Cup match between Haiti and China, where she controversially overturned a late penalty that had been awarded to Haiti.[12] China would go on to win the match 1–0.
In June 2024, Huerta de Aza was promoted toSegunda División, becoming the first woman to officiate a professional match in Spain.[13] She made her debut on 18 August 2024.
Huerta de Aza was born inPalencia and lives in the Canary Islands.[14] She is married and has a daughter who was born in 2021.[14]