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Anastasia Pustovoitova
Personal information
Full name	Anastasia Vyacheslavovna Pustovoitova
Date of birth	10 February 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Jeseník, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
	FC Ryazan
International career
	Russia
Years
Years	League
International
Years	League
2009–	FIFA listed
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Anastasia Vyacheslavovna Pustovoitova (Russian: Анастасия Вячеславовна Пустовойтова; born 10 February 1981) is a Russian association football referee. Previously, she was a Russian women's international footballer who played as a defender.

Playing career edit

Pustovoitova was a member of the Russia women's national football team and the club Ryazan as a defender. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[1]

Refereeing career edit

Pustovoitova became a FIFA listed referee in 2009. She was appointed to be an official at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.^[2]

On 3 December 2018, it was announced that Pustovoitova had been appointed to be a referee for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France.^[3] After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Pustovoitova was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to the final phases of the tournament.^[4]

In April 2019, she was featured on the YouTube channel "Krasava", which is run by former footballer Yevgeny Savin.^[5]

In May 2019, Pustovoitova was appointed to officiate the 2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final between Olympique Lyonnais and FC Barcelona in Budapest.^[6]

In August 2021, Pustovoitova was appointed to the Sweden-Canada gold medal match at the COVID-delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.^[7]

References edit

^ "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Technical Report" (PDF). FIFA Women's World Cup United States 2003. FIFA. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
^ "Women's EURO referees - the tournament's 17th team". UEFA.com. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ FIFA.com. "FIFA Women's World Cup 2019™ - News - Match officials appointed for FIFA Women's World Cup France 2019™". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
^ "Refereeing - Media briefing" (PDF). FIFA.com. 26 June 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ "Женщина-судья - про хамство на поле / лесбиянок в футболе / взятки судьям / мечту о дебюте в РПЛ" (in Russian). youtube.com. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^ "Referee Pustovoitova relishing Budapest assignment". UEFA.com. 17 May 2019. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ "Sweden vs Canada - Gold Medal Match Results". Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.