Visar Kastrati

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Visar Kastrati
Visar Kastrati - Referee.jpg
Kastrati in 2024
Born (1986-10-24) 24 October 1986 (age 38)
Prizren, Kosovo
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Other occupation Software engineer
Domestic
YearsLeagueRole
2010– FFK Referee
2017– Superleague Referee
2021– FFK VAR
International
YearsLeagueRole
2020– FIFA listed Referee
2024– FIFA listed VAR

Visar Kastrati is a Kosovan football referee. He has been a FIFA listed referee since 2020 and is ranked as a UEFA second category referee. Starting at 2024, Kastrati has been a FIFA listed as Video Match Official. [1]

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In 2023, Kastrati was awarded by Football Federation of Kosova as the "Best Referee of the Year". [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

For two years in a row (2023 and 2022), he was named "Best Sports Referee of the Year" by the local Municipality in Prishtina. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Refereeing career

Kastrati has been promoted as a referee in the Kosovo Superliga, the national top-flight, during the 2016–17 season and his debut match was FC Besa vs KF Hajvalia on 8 March 2017. In the same season, he started attending UEFA’s Centre of Refereeing Excellence (CORE) program, [13] and eventually became a FIFA Referee in 2020 and FIFA VAR in 2024. [14]

On 13 October 2020, Kastrati refereed his first international match, taking charge of a 2021 European Under-21 Championship qualifier between Romania and Malta. [15] [16]

In September 2022, Kastrati was appointed to referee the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage match between Gent and Shamrock Rovers. [17]

In June 2023, he refereed Kosovo Cup Final match between SC Gjilani and FC Prishtina. A day before, he refereed Relegation match between FC Ferizaj and FC Liria. [18]

In August 2021, he has been a VAR on Kosovo Supercup, which was the first match played with VAR in Kosovo. [19] [20]

Personal life

Kastrati has a degree of Master of Science in Software Engineering and Telecommunications at the University of Sheffield. [21] Beyond refereeing, he works as an Information Technology Consultant at the Central Election Commission in Kosovo.

Since 2021, he also works as a lead VAR instructor for the Football Federation of Kosovo. [22] [23]

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  2. ↑ "Visar Kastrati merr çmimin 'Referi më i mirë'". Federata e Futbollit e Kosovës (in Albanian). 2023-12-24. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
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  16. ↑ "Romania-Malta | Under-21 2021". UEFA.com. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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