Óscar RUIZ

Role: Referee

Country: Colombia CONMEBOL

Date of Birth: 01.11.1969

Height: 185 cm

Place of residence: VILLAVICENCIO

Occupation: Lawyer, University teacher

Mother tongue: Spanish

Other languages: Portuguese, English (basic)

International since: 1995

First international: Paraguay-Venezuela (12.07.1995)

Hobbies: Music, reading, watching sports on TV

Fondest memory: FIFA World Cup Korea/ Japan 2002 FIFA World Cup Germany 2006

World Cup Matches:
World Cup 2002:
Korea Republic 2:0 Poland (04.06.2002)
Costa Rica 1-1 Turkey (09.06.2002)*
Turkey 3:0 China (13.06.2002)
Senegal 0:1 Turkey (22.06.2002) Quarter-finals

World Cup 2006:
Trinidad y Tobago 0-0 Sweden (10.06.2006)*
Netherlands 2:1 Cote d'Ivoire (16.06.2006)
Czech Republic 0-2 Italy (22.06.2006)*
England 1-0 Ecuador (25.06.2006)* round of 16

World Cup 2010:
Japan 1-0 Cameroon (14.06.2010)*
Greece 2:1 Nigeria (17.06.2010)
France 1:2 South Africa (22.06.2010)

*As fourth official

Assistant Referees:
Abraham GONZALEZ
Country: Colombia
Date of Birth: 07.12.1970

Humberto CLAVIJO
Country: Colombia
Date of Birth: 18.07.1973