István Kovács

⚽ RefereeRomania

Football match official with 56 appearances across 5 competitions.

Career Stats

Total Appearances56
⚽ As Referee53
4️⃣ 4th Official3
📺 As AVAR1
🌍 International56
🏟️ Domestic0
Competitions5

Season-by-Season Activity

'20/21
8
'21/22
9
'22/23
8
'23/24
2
'25/26
11
Referee4th OfficialAVAR
SeasonTotalRef4thAVAR
2025/261111——
2023/2422——
2022/23871—
2021/2299——
2020/218611
18181—

Career Milestones

🎯
First tracked match
10/27/2020
FC Lokomotiv Moskva vs FC Bayern München
Champions League
🌍
First international match
10/27/2020
FC Lokomotiv Moskva vs FC Bayern München
Champions League
🏆
First Champions League match
10/27/2020
FC Lokomotiv Moskva vs FC Bayern München
Champions League

Match Activity

38 matches · 6 years
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Role:RefereeAVARNo match

Top 1% among Romania officials

Peer Benchmark

Match Count99%
Seasons Active90%
Competitions76%

Median in Romania: 6 matches · 2 seasons

Recent Matches

No matches found.

Top Destinations

  1. 1Manchester
    5×
  2. 2Milan
    4×
  3. 3Kyiv
    3×
  4. 4St. Petersburg
    2×
  5. 5Bruges
    2×
  6. 6Belgrade
    2×
  7. 7Glasgow
    2×
  8. 8Barcelona
    2×
  9. 9Liverpool
    2×
  10. 10Zagreb
    2×

Career Events

FIFA WC 2026 Preselected Match Official Seminar

FIFA

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Season Reports

2025/26 (11)2023/24 (2)2022/23 (8)2021/22 (9)2020/21 (8) (18)