{{short description|German football referee|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox football official | name = Benjamin Cortus | image = Benjamin Cortus.jpg | caption = Cortus in 2019 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|12|13|df=y}} | birth_place = Nuremberg, West Germany | otheroccupation = IT management assistant | years1 = 2009– | league1 = DFB | role1 = Referee | years2 = 2011– | league2 = 2. Bundesliga | role2 = Referee | years3 = 2016–2023 | league3 = Bundesliga | role3 = Referee }}
'''Benjamin Cortus''' (born 13 December 1981) is a German football referee who is based in Röthenbach. He referees for TSV Burgfarrnbach of the Bavarian Football Association.
==Refereeing career== Cortus officiates for TSV Burgfarrnbach, and has been on the DFB level since 2009. In 2011, he was appointed as a 2. Bundesliga referee.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/sportl-strukturen/schiedsrichter/schiedsrichter-im-einsatz/schiedsrichter-der-bundesligen/?spieledb_path=%2Freferees%2F80464 |title=Benjamin Cortus - Schiedsrichterprofil |trans-title=Benjamin Cortus - Referee profile |date=24 June 2016 |website=dfb.de |publisher=German Football Association |access-date=24 June 2016 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730052116/http://www.dfb.de/sportl-strukturen/schiedsrichter/schiedsrichter-im-einsatz/schiedsrichter-der-bundesligen/?spieledb_path=%2Freferees%2F80464 |archive-date=30 July 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref> In the summer of 2016, Cortus was one of four referees promoted to officiate in the Bundesliga.<ref>{{cite web|title=Schiedsrichter-Quartett steigt in die Bundesliga auf|publisher=Deutscher Fußball-Bund|url=https://www.dfb.de/die-mannschaft/news-detail/schiedsrichter-quartett-steigt-in-die-bundesliga-auf-148852/|access-date=2016-06-24|date=2016-06-24|language=de}}</ref>
==Personal life== Cortus is an IT management assistant by trade, and currently resides in Röthenbach.
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==External links== * {{DFB|benjamin-cortus}} * {{WorldFootball.net referee|benjamin-cortus}} * {{Soccerway referee|benjamin-cortus/63083}} * {{Soccerbase referee|1859}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cortus, Benjamin}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Nuremberg Category:German football referees