Anastasia Pustovoitova


Anastasia Vyacheslavovna Pustovoitova is a Russian association football referee. Previously, she was a Russian women's international footballer who played as a defender.

Playing career

Pustovoitova was a member of the Russia women's national football team and the club Ryazan as a defender. She was part of the team at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Refereeing career

Pustovoitova became a FIFA listed referee in 2009. Pustovoitova was appointed to be an official at the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.
On December 3, 2018, it was announced that Poustovoitova had been appointed to be a referee for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. After the conclusion of the round of 16, FIFA announced that Pustovoitova was selected as one of 11 referees who would be assigned to matches during the final 8 matches of the tournament.
In April 2019, she was featured on the YouTube channel “KraSava”, which is run by the popular video blogger Yevgeny Savin.
In May 2019, Pustovoitova was appointed to officiate the 2018-19 UEFA Women's Champions League Final between Olympique Lyonnais and FC Barcelona in Budapest.