Jesús Noel Valenzuela Sáez (born 24 November 1983) is a Venezuelan football referee who is a listed as an international referee for

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

since 2013. He made his officiating debut in the

2011–12 Venezuelan Primera División season The 2011–12 Primera División season was the 30th professional season of Venezuela's top-flight football league. Teams Eighteen teams will participate this season, sixteen of whom remain from the previous season. Caroní and Atlético Venezuela ...

. On 14 December 2021, Valenzuela was named

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's best referee for 2021 by the

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* 1983 births Living people Venezuelan football referees Sportspeople from Portuguesa (state) Copa América referees 2022 FIFA World Cup referees FIFA World Cup referees {{Venezuela-footy-bio-stub