César Soto Grado

⚽ RefereeSpain

Football match official with 91 appearances across 10 competitions.

Career Stats

Total Appearances91
⚽ As Referee11
🚩 As AR2
4️⃣ 4th Official36
📺 As VAR23
📺 As AVAR19
🌍 International91
🏟️ Domestic0
Competitions10

Season-by-Season Activity

'20/21
1
'21/22
11
'22/23
12
'23/24
7
'25/26
21
RefereeAR4th OfficialVARAVAR
SeasonTotalRefAR4thVARAVAR
2025/26211—2135
2023/2472——32
2022/23125—6—1
2021/2211—110——
2020/211——1——
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Career Milestones

🎯
First tracked match
09/17/2020
IFK Göteborg vs FC Copengahen
Europa League
🌍
First international match
09/17/2020
IFK Göteborg vs FC Copengahen
Europa League
📺
First VAR appearance
07/26/2023
Gnk Dinamo vs Astana FK
Champions League
🏆
First Champions League match
07/20/2021
PSV Eindhoven vs Galatasaray
Champions League

Match Activity

52 matches · 6 years
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Role:RefereeVARAVARNo match

Top 2% among Spain officials

Peer Benchmark

Match Count98%
Seasons Active91%
Competitions97%

Median in Spain: 4 matches · 1 season

Recent Matches

All 91 →
Europa League03/12/2026
Losc LillevsAston Villa FC
var
Champions League03/11/2026
Paris Saint GermainvsChelsea FC
avar
Champions League01/28/2026
AS MonacovsJuventus
VAR
Europa League12/11/2025
FC MidtjyllandvsKrc Genk
VAR
Champions League12/10/2025
JuventusvsPAFOS FC
AVAR
Europa League11/27/2025
FenerbahçevsFerencvárosi TC
VAR
FIFA WC European Qualifiers11/16/2025
SERBIAvsLATVIA
VAR
Champions League11/05/2025
Olympique De MarseillevsAtalanta BC
Fourth Official
Europa League10/23/2025
Celtic FCvsSK Sturm Graz
AVAR
Champions League10/22/2025
Atalanta BCvsSK Slavia Praha
VAR

Least-Officiated Teams

Current championship only · teams with fewest meetings

  1. 11. FC Slovácko1×
  2. 21899 Hoffenheim1×
  3. 3AS Saint-étienne1×
  4. 4AS Saint-étienne Loire1×
  5. 5Aek1×
  6. 6Alanyaspor1×
  7. 7Apóel FC1×
  8. 8Apóllon Limassol FC1×
  9. 9Aris Thessaloniki FC1×
  10. 10BOLOGNA FC 19091×

Top Destinations

  1. 1Lisbon
    7×
  2. 2Rotterdam
    5×
  3. 3Rome
    4×
  4. 4Milan
    3×
  5. 5Marseille
    3×
  6. 6Istanbul
    3×
  7. 7Amsterdam
    3×
  8. 8Athens
    2×
  9. 9Naples
    2×
  10. 10Basel
    2×

Career Events

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Season Reports

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