Rade Obrenović
Rade Obrenović | |
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Obrenović in 2025 (in the middle) | |
| Born | 28 August 1990 Ljubljana, Slovenia |
Rade Obrenović (born 28 August 1990) is a Slovenian football referee who officiates in the Slovenian PrvaLiga and in international competitions under the auspices of UEFA and FIFA.[1] He has been on the FIFA International Referees List since 2017.[2][3] Since January 2026, he is a UEFA elite category referee.[4]
Refereeing career
Obrenović began his senior refereeing career in the Slovenian second division (Druga Liga) on 5 April 2013. He was first listed as a FIFA referee in 2017, which made him eligible to officiate international matches and UEFA club competition fixtures.[5] Two months after joining the international list, he refereed his first UEFA match in March 2017 in qualifying for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship.
Since then, he has taken charge of fixtures in continental club tournaments including the UEFA Europa Conference League, UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League.[6] He has also officiated UEFA Nations League matches; for example, he was appointed referee for the Denmark vs Spain match in the 2024–25 Nations League season.[7]
In April 2024, Obrenović was selected as part of the officiating teams for UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany, serving as a fourth official or assistant referee on the reserve list.[8]
On 12 December 2025, the UEFA Referees Committee announced Obrenović’s promotion from First Category to the elite category of UEFA referees, effective from 1 January 2026.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Mednarodni sodniki – Obrenović Rade". NZS.si.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Mednarodni sodniki – Obrenović Rade". NZS.si.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "FIFA Refereeing 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-06. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
- ^ "Rade Obrenović » Profile". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
- ^ "Mednarodni sodniki – Obrenović Rade". NZS.si.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "AFC-Ajax.info referee profile – Rade Obrenović". Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Slovenian referee Obrenović to officiate Denmark vs Spain". RFEF.es. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Znan seznam sodnikov za Euro". Žurnal24.si (in Slovenian). Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "New UEFA Elite Referees: Obrenovic". Refereeing World. Retrieved 15 January 2026.
- ^ "Rade Obrenovic – Referee statistics". SportsMole.co.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2026.