William Mattus Vega (born April 17, 1964 in

Barva Barva is a district of the Barva canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The city is known for having a nice mix of rural and metropolitan landscape. Toponymy The name comes from Barvac or Barvak a cacique of the area around 1569, which ...

, Heredia) is a former football referee from Costa Rica, best known for supervising two matches during the

2002 FIFA World Cup The 2002 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Korea Japan 2002, was the 17th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial football world championship for men's national teams organized by FIFA. It was held from 31 May to 30 June 2002 at sites in South Korea an ...

held in Japan and

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. As of 2022, Mattus is the last Costa Rican to officiate a match at a FIFA World Cup, as fellow countrymen have performed as assistant referees only.

References

William Mattus – referee profile
at WorldFootball.net
William Mattus – referee profile
at Weltfussball.de 1964 births Living people People from Heredia Province Costa Rican football referees Copa América referees 2002 FIFA World Cup referees {{CostaRica-footy-bio-stub