Yoshimi Yamashita (山下良美, born 20 February 1986) is a Japanese football referee.[3][4] She was an official at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France[5][6] and also refereed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[7]
| Full name | Yoshimi Yamashita | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
20 February 1986 Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Domestic | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2021–[1] | J3 League | Referee | |
| 2022– | J1 League, J2 League | Referee | |
| International | |||
| Years | League | Role | |
| 2015–[2] | FIFA listed | Referee | |
Career
editIn 2022, she was one of six women referees selected to officiate at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and one of the first three women appointed as potential center referees in men's World Cup history alongside Stephanie Frappart and Salima Mukansanga.[8][9] She made her FIFA World Cup debut as fourth official in the Group F match against Belgium against Canada,[10] and was the fourth official in six World Cup matches.[citation needed]
Also during 2022, Yamashita became the first female referee to officiate a game in both the men's AFC Champions League and the J1 League, taking charge in Melbourne City's 2–1 win over Chunnam Dragons[11] and FC Tokyo's 2–0 win over Kyoto Sanga respectively.[12][13][14]
On 19 July 2023, Yamashita served as the center official for the opening group-stage match of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup between Norway and co-hosts New Zealand women's national football team. The match featured a penalty kick awarded by video assistant referee review, and Yamashita delivered the first in-stadium explanation of a video-reviewed decision in the history of women's international football.[15]
Yamashita was chosen to be a referee at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[16] She was assigned the opening round Group C match Egypt and Dominican Republic.
References
edit- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Yoshimi Yamashita Referee Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "FIFA 2022 Referring International Lists" (PDF). Digitalhub.fifa.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Yoshimi Yamashita » Matches as referee". Worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Japan – Y. Yamashita – Profile with news, career statistics and history". Women.soccerway.com. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA Frauen-WM 2019 – Nachrichten – Aufgebot der Spieloffiziellen für die FIFA Frauen-WM 2019". FIFA.com (in German). Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "FIFA.com" (PDF). Digitalhub.fifa.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Sweden - USA". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
- ^ "Female referees to officiate at men's World Cup for the first time". The Guardian. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 23 October 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: List of match officials" (PDF). FIFA.com. FIFA. 19 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Belgium 1–0 Canada". 11 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 Yoshimi Yamashita Referee Result by Season". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Yamashita ready to become Japan's first female World Cup referee". www.aljazeera.com. 2 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Japanese top men's football league gets first-ever woman referee". South China Morning Post. 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Soccer D.B. : 2022 J1 League 22/09/18 F.C.Tokyo – Kyoto Sanga F.C. Results,Players". Soccer D.B. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Burlaga, Kate; Morgan, Chloe (20 July 2023). "Explained: VAR history made at Women's World Cup — what referee did and why". The Athletic. Archived from the original on 20 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
- ^ "FIFA match officials appointed for Olympic Football Tournaments Paris 2024". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
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