Iván Arcides Barton Cisneros (born 27 January 1991) is a Salvadoran
football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA since 2018. He is also one of the referees at the
Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador
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It was established in 1969, and in 2011 had 10 clubs. Init ...
.
Biography
Barton was born in Santa Ana on 27 January 1991. In addition to being a professional referee, he obtained a bachelor's degree in Chemical Sciences from the
University of El Salvador
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. He has served as a professor of Organic Chemistry at the aforementioned University.
Barton has officiated in national team tournaments, such as the
2018 Concacaf Under-20 Championship
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in the United States, the
2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup
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, the
CONCACAF Nations League
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, and the
2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup
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in Brazil. He refereed in the first leg of the
2022 CONCACAF Champions League Final
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between
Seattle Sounders FC
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and
UNAM
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, where he awarded three penalties.
In May 2022, Barton was chosen as one of the referees to officiate at the
2022 FIFA World Cup
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in Qatar.
[https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/1da4b811328add8f/original/MEDIA-Alphabetical-order-List-of-Match-Officials-FWC-2022-Qatar.pdf ]
References
Salvadoran football referees
1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Santa Ana, El Salvador
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