Enrique Roberto Osses Zencovic (born May 26, 1974) is a football referee from

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for Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Chile (ANFP) and

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. Osses has officiated international matches which include the

2011 Copa América The 2011 Campeonato Sudamericano Copa América, better known as the 2011 Copa América or the Copa América 2011 Argentina, was the 43rd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for national teams in South Americ ...

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and 2014 South American World Cup qualifiers, and the

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. In 2005, he sent off 21 players in 16 league games. During a 2005 match that faced San Felipe against Unión Española, the latter's goalkeeper Ignacio González received his second yellow card, and consequently a red card. Upset by this, González brought Osses to the ground after hitting him in the face. Afterwards the player was held in police custody for two hours. He faced a ban of up to 50 matches, which he did not serve because he left the team, to play in Argentina. In March 2013, FIFA named Osses to its list of 52 candidate referees for the

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in Brazil. Since March 2021, he works as Director of Training for the Referee Committee for the Mexican Football Federation.

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