Full name | José Luis Munuera Montero | ||
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Born |
[1] Jaén, Spain | 19 May 1983
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Other occupation | Restaurateur | ||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2010–2013 | Segunda División B | Referee | |
2013–2016 | Segunda División | Referee | |
2016– | La Liga | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2019– | FIFA listed | Referee |
José Luis Munuera Montero (born 19 May 1983) is a Spanish football referee who officiates in La Liga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2019, and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee. [2]
Munuera Montero began officiating in the Segunda División B in 2010, the Segunda División in 2013 and La Liga in 2016. [3] He officiated his first match in La Liga on 22 August 2016 between Celta Vigo and Leganés. [4] In 2019, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first UEFA club competition match on 1 August 2019, a meeting between Romanian club Viitorul Constanța and Belgian club Gent in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. [5] His first senior international match as referee was on 7 October 2020 between Andorra and Cape Verde. [6]
As part of a referee exchange programme between UEFA and CONMEBOL, Munuera Montero was selected on 21 April 2021 as a video assistant referee for the 2021 Copa América in Argentina and Colombia. [7] He will be joined by four of his compatriots at the tournament, marking the first time a team of European referees were selected to officiate at the Copa América. [8] [9]
Munuera Montero was born in Jaén, and owns several restaurants in Córdoba. [1]
Full name | José Luis Munuera Montero | ||
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Born |
[1] Jaén, Spain | 19 May 1983
||
Other occupation | Restaurateur | ||
Domestic | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2010–2013 | Segunda División B | Referee | |
2013–2016 | Segunda División | Referee | |
2016– | La Liga | Referee | |
International | |||
Years | League | Role | |
2019– | FIFA listed | Referee |
José Luis Munuera Montero (born 19 May 1983) is a Spanish football referee who officiates in La Liga. He has been a FIFA referee since 2019, and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee. [2]
Munuera Montero began officiating in the Segunda División B in 2010, the Segunda División in 2013 and La Liga in 2016. [3] He officiated his first match in La Liga on 22 August 2016 between Celta Vigo and Leganés. [4] In 2019, he was put on the FIFA referees list. He officiated his first UEFA club competition match on 1 August 2019, a meeting between Romanian club Viitorul Constanța and Belgian club Gent in the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round. [5] His first senior international match as referee was on 7 October 2020 between Andorra and Cape Verde. [6]
As part of a referee exchange programme between UEFA and CONMEBOL, Munuera Montero was selected on 21 April 2021 as a video assistant referee for the 2021 Copa América in Argentina and Colombia. [7] He will be joined by four of his compatriots at the tournament, marking the first time a team of European referees were selected to officiate at the Copa América. [8] [9]
Munuera Montero was born in Jaén, and owns several restaurants in Córdoba. [1]