Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
{{Short description|Spanish football referee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Family name hatnote|Cuadra|Fernández|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football official
| name = Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
| full_name = Guillermo Cuadra Fernández
| image = Cuadra Fernández 2018.jpg
| caption = Cuadra Fernández in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Madrid, Spain
| death_date =
| death_place =
| otheroccupation = Teacher
| years1 = 2013–2015
| league1 = {{nowrap|Segunda División B}}
| role1 = Referee
| years2 = 2015–2018
| league2 = Segunda División
| role2 = Referee
| years3 = 2018–
| league3 = La Liga
| role3 = Referee
| internationalyears1 = 2020–
| confederation1 = FIFA listed
| internationalrole1 = Referee
}}
Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (born 25 April 1984) is a Spanish football referee who officiates in La Liga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2020, and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee.{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/2021-fifa-list-of-international-match-officials.pdf?cloudid=qy9ohgx0ugqacius6mc1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108124231/https://resources.fifa.com/image/upload/2021-fifa-list-of-international-match-officials.pdf?cloudid=qy9ohgx0ugqacius6mc1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 January 2021 |title=2021 Refereeing International Lists |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |access-date=25 April 2021}}
Refereeing career
Cuadra Fernández began officiating in the Segunda División B in 2013, the Segunda División in 2015 and La Liga in 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/r/r600992.html |title=Cuadra Fernández |work=BDFutbol |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=es}} His first La Liga match as referee was on 17 August 2018 between Girona and Valladolid.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/primera-division-2018-2019-girona-fc-real-valladolid/ |title=Spain » Primera División 2018/2019 » 1. Round » Girona FC – Real Valladolid 0:0 |website=WorldFootball.net |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=25 April 2021}} In 2020, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first UEFA club competition match on 17 September 2020, a meeting between Swedish club IFK Göteborg and Danish club Copenhagen in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round.{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/europa-league-qual-2020-2021-2-runde-ifk-goeteborg-fc-koebenhavn/ |title=Europa League Qual. 2020/2021 » 2. Round » IFK Göteborg – FC København 1:2 |website=WorldFootball.net |date=17 September 2020 |access-date=25 April 2021}}
In 2021, Cuadra Fernández was selected as a referee for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Hungary and Slovenia, replacing fellow countryman Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea, who tested positive for COVID-19.{{cite news |url=https://www.ultimahora.es/deportes/futbol/2021/03/22/1248945/cuadra-fernandez-europeo-sub-21.html |title=Cuadra Fernández sustituye a De Burgos Bengoetxea en el Europeo Sub-21 |trans-title=Cuadra Fernández replaces De Burgos Bengoetxea in the U21 European Championship |website=Última Hora |date=22 March 2021 |access-date=25 April 2021}} On 23 April 2021, he was selected by FIFA as a video assistant referee for the football tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan.{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/news/match-officials-appointed-for-olympic-football-tournaments-tokyo-2020 |title=Match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020 |work=FIFA |date=23 April 2021 |access-date=23 April 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/ygzyk4qiamntyue2dyb7.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423125140/https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/ygzyk4qiamntyue2dyb7.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2021 |title=Olympic Football Tournaments Tokyo 2020: List of appointed Match Officials (International Technical Officials – ITO) |work=FIFA |format=PDF |date=23 April 2021 |access-date=23 April 2021}}
Personal life
Cuadra Fernández is a native of Madrid, and also worked as a teacher of English and physical education.{{cite news |last=Hernández |first=Iván |url=https://abcblogs.abc.es/abcnclase/otros-temas/guillermo-cuadra-fernandez-arbitro-de-la-liga-siempre-he-tenido-claro-que-para-progresar-hacian-falta-estudios.html |title=Guillermo Cuadra Fernández, árbitro de La Liga: "Siempre he tenido claro que para progresar hacían falta estudios" |trans-title=Guillermo Cuadra Fernández, La Liga referee: "I have always been clear that in order to progress, studies were needed" |work=ABC |date=7 May 2020 |access-date=25 April 2021 |language=es}}
References
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External links
- {{WorldFootball.net referee}}
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