Andrés Cunha

{{short description|Uruguayan football referee}} {{family name hatnote|Cunha|Soca|lang=Spanish}} {{Infobox football official | name = Andrés Cunha | image = Andres Cunha FIFA WC 2018 ESP-IRN.jpg | image_size = | caption = Cunha at [[Kazan Arena|Kazan]] in 2018 | fullname = Andrés Ismael Cunha Soca | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|9|8|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]] | death_date = | death_place = | otheroccupation = | years1 = 2010–present | league1 = [[Uruguayan Primera División]] | role1 = [[Referee (association football)|Referee]] | internationalyears1 = 2013–present | confederation1 = [[FIFA International Referees List|FIFA listed]] | internationalrole1 = [[Referee (association football)|Referee]] }} '''Andrés Ismael Cunha Soca''' (born 8 September 1976) is an international [[Association football|football]] [[Referee (association football)|referee]] from [[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe228652/ |title= Andrés Cunha » Matches as referee |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref>

==Career== He has been a [[FIFA]]-listed referee since 2013 and has refereed a number of major matches in [[Copa Libertadores]] and [[Copa América]]. Cunha has also refereed matches in the [[2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup]] in the [[South Korea|Korea Republic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/organisation/referees/referee=361321/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504001104/http://www.fifa.com/u20worldcup/organisation/referees/referee=361321/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 4, 2017 |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017 Referees – Andrés Cunha |publisher=FIFA |access-date=21 October 2017}}</ref> During international matches, his [[Assistant referee (association football)|assistant referees]] are Nicolás Taran and [[Mauricio Espinosa]]. At the domestic level, Cunha regularly referees matches in the [[Uruguayan Primera División]].

Cunha officiated the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] match between [[France national football team|France]] and [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]] on 16 June, where he awarded a [[Penalty kick (association football)|penalty kick]] after consultation with [[Mauro Vigliano]], the [[video assistant referee]]. The incident marked the first time a penalty had been awarded after consultation with the VAR in a World Cup match.<ref>{{Cite web | title = How VAR made history with penalty for France | first = Dale | last = Johnson | publisher = ESPN | date = 16 June 2018 | access-date = 16 June 2018 | url = http://www.espn.com/soccer/world-cup-soccer/story/3528392/how-var-made-history-with-penalty-awarded-to-france-against-australia}}</ref>

==FIFA World Cup== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto 1em auto; text-align:center; font-size:small;" ! colspan="4" | 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia |- ! Date !! Match !! Venue !! Round |- | 16 June 2018 || {{fb|FRA}} – {{fb|AUS}} || [[Kazan Arena|Kazan]] || Group stage |- | 20 June 2018 || {{fb|IRN}} – {{fb|ESP}} || [[Kazan Arena|Kazan]] || Group stage |- | 10 July 2018 || {{fb|FRA}} – {{fb|BEL}} || [[Krestovsky Stadium|Saint Petersburg]] || Semi-final |- |}

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== External links == * {{WorldReferee.com}} * {{WorldFootball.net referee}} * {{Soccerway referee|andres-cunha/203081}}

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